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^ Ttim following information «u supplied b?osBnnn» concerning
^to. junist rajrty natters, (it ni^ht W acted that these deal priaarily
&»lth the top strueture of tha Cousainise forty organisation so sell as
*jtef^» interpretation of the aerostat* )
I-
o ay of axplfujatioa, statsd that ho *utcro<! the Co:* t wist
tarty UdflP after ha lad boon ajscooiatod for two tlwv with t!^e l»fb-winc
aovsiien^ particularly In tho field of lalor. He said that he out Aisled
bv tho//*UnUed frost ik>TBo»nt" and. that ho aleecneoiTod its true purpoaci,
^ said' that bo had enters* tho Party thinking that tho "united Front* wu
% conciliatory aors to unite left*eln* organisations* He said that it «ae "
-icuially o tactic on the pert of the^^Gorsaunist lbrauant«
a ->
on the extent of Reflet or i fci M inn Influence or
ths Creation of the Cesaunist Party in 1019,
ths bjpt cesser he oould tiro would ho to refer
In referring to tho ohor a-oterof tho present alas, ruroosoc, : nd
activities of the Cozrainist rarty, 4Hsao> atated tJiat tho l^oct roirvor to
" re? ooc be obtained through tho interpretation and the analysis of t!»
innuendo the statements given b^Oroedor to the Ketlonal Ca-riitteo In
Juno, l^i^^J^eMoh be defended hit position against the charge of Ouclos,
In
instigation A
gg^^ctatod that ho
to hhe book of 8onJealn#U»^£i Cenfooo** Xe said he felt that there
»as Kucsian instlsatlon in th0^i^^S4;Ion of the CewwnUt **rty i«
country hut there ems another 1 ^ i »^J^wuitini f row left-wing foreicn
la:vpac« 3TOty» in the 'Jilted States >vmtrl«e **f origin o*r© in
close proxiadty of ftusela. Ho di|ressod for sTs^nt serine that one oust
tr-:e into eonfliiemtion that tho core of the Cpn^diat a arty (the roally
controlling element within the rartgr)* is Ifcjslan^taiiah to the extent of
cone AO or 70 per oent# x
f^BBS)> i tatcA that tho Co***j«ist fmrty is an* hat Venn at all tiaes
t. •'rewlutieseuy ?*rty" althou^i that for a time his conooj.Vioa or the ("arty
*:rin£ t** 9 ^Jrl-ctl Front* period aadohia think timt it «as not oetualiy
r> S eated to_roTo lutlonary abtoi' (*o* purposes of elucidation and under*
staadiec* ssV Jeflned revolution %s an attest to iaposo tii* tttfeto*ist
or for-alpi ▼iec^oiflt upon the poe?l^,EcaiRst their wlU by the ^oiwanUt
• rurty as an stent sf tKe ^»^/^ranent despite srar eutsard> ohan^o i*
tactics by that feity.") -\1 ^ / ;ir _-r, ' ■ V C f >^ - • * '
W
mttm M'^ed the **itien aa to host vpuld the Cootsadet rarty
haw certain prrtou Is tht national adbdnletratlon a* si ft then la «ueh
ntteri aa legislative endoaTora. eSSfe/*** net «?eeirto on this -aatteri
hoimr^ ho said l&at Josephine Tr^lcnsyJdaai ma a go<-betoeon In top clrolat.
So deaoribed her M a seahor of the OoxmnUt Party who had been oeapletoly
•old os the F*rtr*» pollejv (Xt U to be raoalled tha> Joiephine Traaloo ddaaa
la torn to ho** horns independently «looo to neano^ftooaaYelt.) oflBpo*
qualified hie reaarfce to etato that the had her eonnoetlon i until the death
cf President Snoeerelt on April ISj 1M5» Is tM« regard, efMfc lntirated
but did not •peeiflcally olarify it that Caroli&ng had ton* en?roecltto the
e-aiaiatratica la eoraection with h«r work on'xhe Bridget oaae» efl^feP also
•aid tiut ho ft It there were "oporotlooe" usod to brine about tiw releato or
- arl Brooder, He did sot recall any.nexea or axgr »peoifio incident* in thla
retard* - : " . .
4**--** •! U. »V
Party Does About-f ace
To Serve as Tool of
Soviet Foreign Policy
Tfce
a*
American Party A(
Ruled by Soviet Po
lyOfcw H. CrtwiorJ
role at sarvtag tee
It hardly and* the a ddhjoael
rtdenee of Vn. Bm i>iw Wooes W h
»nd of sCasAernrr. mlWtar uw
Banpaprr^lC. neither partkulertr
unfriendly to the Communist Party.
Mn Ttoeeevelt caDt Aanrfca a
Communist* "reaponeuuo to • i
fxeian pew." Mr. Unw atn «»> J » • "J
proaraai of Uw American . Cm»- J 7"*,
muniats a "bayed to
mcttoUia sad /afar* plan* •/ Aewieesi w«r
/neufrer casteae* « eta* Tt**Ur end herewtt*
in e aerie* 0/ article*.
(Tim ef a Series)
ly OuVer H. Crawford iW~' » '
TBS Communist Party of the United States, abandoning Its XT OIQi^nwW baai afga
WS* prttaaai of national unity, ha* launchad apon its IN SeetoMlt Pertyend^iia*iSy
own reconversion plans, unlikely to prow of much help to
thorn brine formulated by the rest of tha Nation
The Communists ehoaa tht momant when tha grave
and responsible men 'of Industry, labor and government came
(at* to face with serious post-war problems to launch their came
T^tTbile workers pinned their hopes for Jobs, Industrialists theft]
pkns for progress and veterans their prayers for peace on eonj
Unoed unity, the Couumunist Party had other plans.
They ousted br/Browder. their leader for It years, ami re-
placed him with anoJd-line IWW labor agitator, STUliam 7*. Paster.
They denounced tha hope of labor -management unity as -Mm
Utopian perspectives" and called for the renewal of chut warfare
•gainst "monopolist capital" and "bourgeois democracy.''
• • •
BECAUSE of the possible effects of this first bres^Jn nation*!
unity on ho^oTworker, veteran and hidustrtailrtalttj.
^ Philadelphia Inquirer sought to determine the dlrectkD
and extent of the Communist plans.
"was to find these answer, that I we^ amoruj them, rM
ooenlv as a reporter, but as an idle and Interested bystander. Par
thTpasr leveraTweeasTl have been mingling with the Commua-
lsw nVwtet corresponds to their national capltal-tbe green park*
ch^mwttntluSrahabby restsuranU and hideaway ealta sf
New York's Oreenwich Village.
I found on every hand evidence that the "about-face" of tht
American Communist was dictated by two considerations'
1.
a part
_the MewLesdf
iloreagapoacy tl
of haw."
btttoi
Me bad it down pa
awn. atanjiWin. Jap
ante aad assail: daw
and year. Be was letu
m
Alan.
bar* I ci
(TOMObboW: M*
w— i«ia paw to reera
Tee**-)
la any event. Borwt farrien pnUrv | "After teachinc him
at what the "wwpbtw" opersUve* er - nM. -youS think tbey
me Comamnaa Party are petMUag , to
In Uw rsfied greenery of Onion
Square on the sidewalks of the
■a mien- dtatrtct. and to the U
mmtnc hslu which tht
maintain from the Battery to
• •
THTT art arrttng forth the pre-
scribe* -party hoe" for each
country etrusaltng In tha wake of
war s derrrucUoo — dean wttn
Chlant Kat-«hek. up with the
Co-operat'oo with Industry and government was no longer mtteo Spato. up with Marshal Tito
to winning a war to which the Soviet Union w» | ap^wttbjtbe Uhttn Poles, down wtth
« Renewal of socialist aim. acre necessary ^j^^J^^^^^^^^
-t L, communist Party among It* "fellow -traveleri for Its neve. ^ q^uu. They pretend to bt happy.
|olt in Soviet Union foreign policy. # \ ^ ucn -t vary. aboutjthe Brtu*b
tnUK American Communists plan m ImmedlsU "peUttonij i n lf^J ourm y^* 7 - 1
M tht disorder, and <^"%^JJTi££% 7 m SoSw^E \™7ZZ£
anti-war campaign of leaB-tS. The present U. a. -Soviet —'. 0amm „ mmtL tfui|
cord dorr'amrrrlulre 1L . . j -The ODmotuuiat apeakers
Instead, they have launched upon an Intensive jawudlng M •
ihetr^ar^alnaneea against future need. If andwhea JhetJ. «.
A^lnistraUon and thVSovtet Union come ^ fxoas-pmw on
IKTCRMATIOMAL-Support and aid to fovtet Union
policy.
TOVTB — An all-out campaign for a "united front era*—- ,
lion to schools and colletf*. '(V ~ T 9 ■
vrratAKS-ln*a.ioo of tha American Legtoo aad Veterans .,..«.—
•r FwIinWirt through their labor posts MtaM aiK l J' ,,U ^""^
LAIKMU-Uae of reeomrrri"" dlffwoltles^U aeiae key oatoas
r-r.trt«a of Industrial Ortarusatwita- . « L . ' , .
roi ITICK - CoiiilnueUon ef preaenl allianree, b«t wit*, a • * .
^JtS^XZtw - - * n *
mat fniit
.bB.ue a4< , s , *-^ > ** m *
** ^JKK?-ime^J^ed £5* aims wecalled -JJ^gJiJ
distortad " ' "
I * inJ " llHllfri e,sr n "i- m America. ✓ "\
; «HK T i hcS r P lans : w,fl) tllf e **PUon «ff ) first, will be dealt!
with in future installments, as wll ^ *&ry of the Browder-
(>ostrr turn-over, am? the toUll.v-u^ .ted turmoil that St,
atomic bomb caused in Communist ranks. J
Lt ISH 8o ]? et / or », gn ^"5 y ' ** tne kev to th « present Comraun^
l l P * arty , enort ' wlu ca " toe turn on how peacefully or rtolento
the American comrades go about their 'WoWrsion/'
I * * * l
T IS, 5 !?^ w S w !j to bulk of the t*- 000 American Com-
i J munlsts is concentrated, you are told on every hand thatthe
..^P^* of the party in the United State* k to serve Bortet
Union foreign policy. Avowed social alms are called mere camou-
aicutes 156 ex P loited . ^distorted or abando ned as Sortet jioto j
This is stated plainly by groups which the Cbmm^rttqjai
hardly condemn as "fascist/' 'reactionary" or "imperialist" thSr 1
sUndard terms for people who don't agree with them! f
I^.^Pr the ideologies in New York follows the street
guide, by an odd coincidence, and the farther downtown the head- 1
quarters^ the more radical the program. I
The 'Socialist Workers Party— the Trotzkyites— are farthest I
downtown In a red brick, three-story walkup at 116 Cniveralfcyl
Place. The Communists come next with their green-fronted head- 1
< uarters at 35 E. 12th st. The Social Democratic Federation shares I
the brownstpne "People's House" on 15th st. The Socialist Partri
is comfortably ensconced farthest uptown at 303 Fourth ave I
« th« Trotskyltes are only the anarchists and nihilists,!
* no have neither organization nor headquarters, but who reputedly I
go about in solitary wrath, muttering into their beards ™ vuvwu * I
• • * - 1
WILUAM JNJANNON, national secretary of the Socialist Work- 1
S. P «f rt i; th , at " wa5 the d * cIsi ° n to become a mere I
« r?£ °J Soviet Union J o«ign policy that led the Trotzkyites I
to quit the Communist Party in 1929. ^^^yt^m
ha,c ^ e , ,eaders of th « Communist Party are only Stalin's office I
boys. Cannon says. "They use the international working class I
as pawns in dealing with the imperialists " I
S. J^Levi tas^an officer of the Social Democratic Federation!
rl[>lf . i| It incorrect U» « I WPliVMHMH tt#a* inl<
their out separate Umrxmr^Jh MuMta,' ]H aaat forth
cKUbfahiti? the party Hne.-^M^r. 1TK3 be St* task to
i hp widr masses of youth inl^^ion. m tfcey on tearn from thel
own expe; ence.
In tfv Ir own mass organisation, and especially In the advanced]
organizations that base themselves upon labor and repudiate red -I
baiting, such as the American Youth for Democracy, the youth will]
learn not only from experience, but will be able to examine the]
viewpoints of all progressives, Including the Communists**
THIS organization is the present "white hope" of the Com-
munists in their youth drive. -Ross says that "building and
strengthening American Youth for Democracy as a broad,
popular. anti-Fascist, pro-labor and Inter -racial organization Is a
key, decisive task in this respect."
Pointing the campaign directly toward the colleges. Ross said:
"We certainly need Communist organisation and activity
among college students and consideration should be given to the
fbrmation of special clubs among them wherever this appears to
be the best form.
"At the same time, we should establish a system of Marxist dis- 1
eussion groups around the party, both on and off the campus, !
among Communist students and those who want to team Bora
about Marxism."
• • •
N CONNECTION with this policy, which has shored the Young i
Communist League underground in favor o*>American Youth
for Democracy, the Communist Party will handle youth in the ■
I
CmmtiBued on P»y g p. r^inwin, A.
ini
s.of I . S. Commnnlxt*
i
Lfms of I/. S. Communists
Orive for College Yout
inducted Under Cover
3f 'United Front* Group tJnited Front' Camouflages
Drive to Win College Youth
•y Oliver H. Crawford
To oOMm an accurate Jtrit-aand fact*™ of the prettnl
activities end luturt pUrni of American Ccmmuniit, The
Inquirer uttancd a tUff reporter end herewith present! *tt
finding t i* • ***** of erUcU*.
(ftccoad of a genes)
By Olivor H. Crawford
r«K brick and stone campus ol New York University took* peac**
if mi enough, but Its the front line In the Oommunlrt Party]
open drive to recruit American youth In college* and school*
like the three other major colleges of New York, the Univenilt
a* waged a ton* struggle against CommunUm and with varying
.ceeos-ousttng teacher* and fighting to control young Communist
'ubi
Now New York school leader* are braced for another fight, lor
« Communist Party has placed eoUege youth as the No. 1 target
a strengthening tu hand for future support of Soviet Union lot-
impolicy. • • •
rOV need to no farther than under the famous arch and into
the shaded walkways of Washington Square to team of the
youth program, which Communist Party members boast will
«a t every large school and college in the country. ,
As basic strategy, the national committee has decided that the
aung Communist League, which drew 20,000 members to lis ral-
a in Madison Square Garden be/ore it was ostensibly disbandsd
irtng Earl Browders collaborationist period, will remain -----
jund. -
Instead, the Communist Party has given iu blessing to
::ilt*d front" organisation known as American Youth for Demo
..i^iUch maintains national, State and city headquarters at 13
il °Other youth organization*, which served the American Com-
. ,™"aS" purpose during theperlod of Sovkt Union co-
pe ration with Hitler, will not Uncalled upon unttl needed.
T FORESHADOWS for Pennsylvanians a return to the grim days
of t»4l and the fight to bar on-American teachings from their
schools-Says when the Batton. Pa., high school graduating
i<w was circularized to Join the Communist Party and oppose
nurchlU. Roosevelt and aid to Britain.
Carl-Ross a member of the Communist national committee
omNew York, has been called upon to set forth the new youth
■ ocram and party members axe now carrying on the work.
Ross doesnTmlnce words in his directive, » n unusual thing for
communist snd indicative of the stress the party places en suj-
css of its youth effort. _ . J,
j -Our immediate aim," he has instructed ^P^yJ"«houU£
ji - training of several thousand active young Communists, both Mr
<au work and for developing the special activities of our party
inong the youth." .
todottrial field in
tu regular senior party program
There » need for sob' one has*
organisation of Communists," ae-
eonhng to tbe directive, "to which
young varkere should belong."
How brutally sure tbe Oommun>
ftsts are of their youth program it
summed up m these quotations tn»
party liter* ture.
"Young people emerge from the
war Imbued with hopes and dreams
of a better America, with the aspire*
Uon of aehievtng a future with full
and equtl opportunities lor full edu-
cation, tabs, and tstabllthrng a boss*
and family.
• • •
< 0TTHEY do not have tbe extensive
X experience of older workers to
counteract their Illusions . . . Paced
with the cold reality of post-war
problems, these illusions could only I
— to disillusionment and duj <
U where the Communis tl
it in. - I
,/hy the Common L*U have chosen
youth as a principal target u a ques-
of
tn New
group is
recruited.
•todent demo est ration* have
served Ooriet foreign policy before
to do so
IT HAS tome strange effects A
present taUytng cry, in which
American Tooth for Democracy is
taking a leading role. It the protest
against announcement by New York
University that K wul raise its tui-
tion by WO next season.
Two summer girl sndents were
dlseusting It on t WashlngUjn
Square bench. They wore sweater*
and bobby -socks— the Sinatra typl
They jmt want to keep the wor*
mg class out," one mid. "The drr<V
Patents " 1
(CMUnaed Temorrew)
k Mas* work" in the Communist Jargon Is
itside of the Commnntst Party.
A special national Youth Commission has been setup to fur-
irr this work and its program, with which party members now are
'tog circularised, calls on them to: 3 j J K
1 Develop special activities among youth, project a program lor /- jl'T'O.
i :_^_*J^^«gSg M,fc - Bad * n p*** 0 *^ ,0ttDf jiiladet|)lua Inquirer
2 Study the question of developing gpeclal forms of organixa-
• Uon and activity among youth.
•> Conduct a campaign of education In Use entire party leader-
ship and membership to establish the necessity of a special
iproaeh and special attention to youth and their problems.
4 Systematically begin to recruit youth Into the party and as-
• sign and train leading personnel for youth work, both to
ie party and mass movement. .
His to tie mass movement— organisations Indirectly controlled.
? the Communists— rather than to Use party me mb e rsh ip that
ic campaign looks tor Us success.
• • •
-\ARTY members are dtlng the example of UwPjrawA Young
J Communist League. They say It has doubled the effective-
ness of the 150\5» members with which it came out of the war
y *T~™iT, t the Union of Republican Tooth of Prance and luring
a 75,000 non-Communist members. „ m
Ron calls point-blank for the same procedure in the Com-
i unlet drive to organise American youth. '
T believe that, precisely In order to live up to this sound prin-
ipie, it to incorrect to separate the young Communists today into
heir own separate Marxist youth organisation," he sets forth in
^Ubhahing Use party line. "Rather, it should be their task to set
he wide masses of youth Into motion, so they can team from their
■wn qUtptrlcDCC
In their own mass organisation, and especially to Use advanced
rganlxaUons that base themselves upon labor and repudiate red-
rittng. such as Use American Youth for Democracy, Use youth will
^am not only from experience, but will be able to examine the
iewpoinU of all progresses, including Use Communists'
T T W AS sprung from Moscow and the GT intern in April, IKS,
1 I when the crushing defeat of Gcr * Xs assured. Jacques
■*■ Duclos, general secretary of the I } -communist Party, re
turning from Moscow to Paris at that tw.<:, was the chosen instm
ment.
Writing in the publication Cahiers du Communlsme and using
the points of the hidden, secret Foster letter, Duclos attacked
Browder for his "revisionism" and for his direction of the A meric an
Communist Party.
The arrival of the attack in New York caused an unprecedent-
ed furor among the rank and file of the Communists, until then
unaware of the Foster letter.
Browder's first decision was to sit on the Duclos attack, await-
ing more direct word on the change in policy. But Its publication
by the New York World Telegram, whose blond, chunky Fred Wolt-
man is a nemesis of the Communists, forced his band.
At that point, Browder threw in the sponge. He printed the
Duclos attack in the Dally Worker, of which he was editor, to-
gether with an apologetic foreword in which he admitted that the
time for a change in policy had come.
Then he called a meeting of the national board to acquaint
them with his decision. That was his second unpleasant surprise.
"I would have liked to be there," one Communist member, a
slim stenographer in a black sweater and skirt, told me. -Browder
w alked into the meeting with his brief case under his arm. He was
I ready to tell the party leaders that the time for a new change 1b
I line had come. ' *
"And what did he find? He found Foster there before:
and the national board already launched on the new fc»fc*
I Browder went off in a rage to Monroe, N. Y., to reflect On 'hit
wrongs. But the national board calmly named a secretariat head-
ed by Foster and went on with its plans.
I • • ♦
•*1 JNi'K iiutl lime the Communist Party has attributed all «if U»
cu-u^Tativc policy to Browder, even though Foster, him ;r|f.
i ntroduced the resolution which disbanded the Communist
«ed an Pij e 11, Column 1
Browder 'Finished/
May Crawl Back as
Minor Party Stooge
: o
Aim** of U.S. Communists
Browder a Scapegoat,
'Finished' as Leader
By Oliver H. Crawford
Continued From Pint Page
Party In June, 1944, and even though
It was adopted unanimously and with
(Third of * Series)
By Oliver H. Crawford
T71ARL BROWDER, undisputed leader of the American Com
Jjj muniits for 16 years, has become the favorite whipping boy oi cheers by the national committee
his erstwhile comrades in New York these days and will elthei The American Communiati had to
quit the Communist Party or crawl abjectly back as a minor flunky
clear their skirts of that policy to
The status of Browder was one of the reasons for spending sev prepare their role in the reconver-
mi weefc minglin* with U» Communis on their native heath. *S»JSSSiJ!S SS, A»
of Greenwich Village. The answer is clear. l6Ce pi^uie.
"Browder is kaput, finished.** they tell you. "Foster (Willlan Andthe, Foster letter now can be
7. Foster) is the boss, and he doesn't want Browder around." bm*emSHh to prove t hat the new
| "Don't be surprised," one said, "if Browder turns up workirk j
fj>r the National Association of Manufacturers." f
1 The party leaders who have three times rebuffed Browder arfi
j i uounced him in a bizarre series of "confessions," have set the
style for the party underlings.
* * • \
DERIDING Browder and attending the movies are the two fa-
vorite diversions of the Communists at the present moment.
And since the headline attractions in their neighborhood
theaters are "Stalin Addresses the U. S. S. R.,*' "The Red Army
Recovers the Ukraine" and a double bill of the French and Russian
♦■evolutions In the respective tongues, their time is divided.
More interesting to the idle bystander is the trail leading di-
rectly back to Moscow and the Comintern, reputedly dissolved
in May, 1944.
Foster apparently was the chosen new czar of the American
Communists as far back as January, 1845, for it was then he pre-,
pared the trap for Browder in a document so secret that not even
the party membership in New York was aware of it.
Some of the rank and file of the party are still pretty angry'
at how thoroughly they were shut out of the inner dealing of the
party. But, being Communists, and disciplined, they take it out|
in grumbling.
A heavy-set, swarthy fur worker, whom I met in a lower Broad
way cafeteria, expressed this viewpoint: • j
"Foster knew for six months that Browder was to go out," he j
said with a heavy accent. "But for six months the party members j
know nothing. They go blindly along until it is time lor the big t
blow-off." I
• • * • I
BROWDER was faithfuly following the party line at the time,,
a line which called for complete co-operation with govern- '
ment and industry in support of the war effort, a policy to
Vrhich the Soviet Union had agieed at Teheran. ,
I He had survived all of the previous zlgs and zags in the Com ■
' 4 -the Industrial disorders of 1935, the anti-Hitlt r
Iperiod of the Spanish Civil War, the pro-Hitler period beginrUdL
with the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in August, 1S39. and
the abrupt about-face when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union J
on June 72, IH1.
Since he was following Soviet Union policy, even to the extent
of offering to shake hands with J. r\Morgan and gently chiding
Vice President Wallace for an attack dh Wall Street. Browder ex-
pected to survive any future changes in the party line.
But in January, 1M5, as President Roosevelt took office for
his fourth term and the last German offensive collapsed in Belgium,
Browder called a routine meeting of the Communist national board
In New York.
Foster stunned that meeUng by submitting a long letter criti-
cizing Browder's policy of co-operation.
The debate that followed was long and bitter. It ended with
«v- k~<~~ ~*ir.~«t*ri ♦»> fh* flos#W *nard»d archives of the
leader of the American Communist.'
always was opposed to co-operatic i
with "monopolistic capital" axu
"bourgeois democracy*
• • •
THE national convention whlcr
made Foster the leader was i
mere formality, but it brought ttv
first of three subsequent results fo
Browder. Foster followed with th-
second, a statement branding Brow
bourgeois reformist" am
cap!
"reactionary
der as a
a champion of
ullsm."
J Browder's response this time wo
servile, in a letter to the Commu
list Party, he apologized for hi
^revisionist" policy and asked to g<
along in the new program. Thi
time his rebuff came from furthe
down In the Communist hierarchy
fwm JohnNWilliamson and Eugen
fevennis, members of the secretarial
The handwriting is on the wall fo:
I Browder, A fourth rebuff, if neces
sary, will come from *UU further
down in the ranks.
* • • I
T7> ACH step has served Its purpose
Hi as the Communist Party move!
to renew its strength. Browder atom
was to blame, its members are no*
free to say, but we Communists al-
ways have been true to our social-
1st aims. X .
I looked up Jay "Loves tone, now ar
'official of the International Ladles
Garment Workers Union <A. F. L.)
in the handsome uptown headquar-
ters of that union. An active ant)-
Communist, he told me the odd
were 3 to 2 that Browder would quit
the Communist Pany.
'And Lovestone is an authority, ir
a tense, because he was head of tht
American Communist Party In 1921
when the national convention re-
versed itself overnight and selectee
a i obscure party worker as Com-
n unist leader. The name was Ear.
J -owder. 1
"rom whom did the order f/l
wder's elevation come? |
Prom Stalin," says Lovestone. J
(Continued Tomorrow)
*0
imx of U.S. Communists
Veterans' Drive Centers
On Plan to Rule Legion
(Fourth of a Series)
By Oliver H. Crawford
THE neat office of th<syeterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
at 100 Fifth ave., New York, is conveniently close to national
f headquarters of the Communist Party, which supplied most
f its personnel for the Spanish Civil War. »
Nov. it is providing the leadership for the Communist Party's
qually desperate attempt to in filtrate the American Legion as
the keystone of its effort to gain
a commanding role in veterans'
affairs.
Robert Thompson, a storm; petrel
who served with the International
Brigade, has been named generalis-
simo of the veterans' campaign for
the Communist Party— a drive held
second only to their youth program
by the inner leadership.
Already denounced in Congress-
something to his honor in Com-
Imunist ranks considering his 26
years— Thompson !*ervcd wjih di,
Unction wilh the Army Air Force
laving been decorated for his servi<
it Buna.
The Communist P;irty, you learl.
from the rank and ale in New York,
expects no less of htm in the critical
veterans' campaign
ODDLY enough, it will be in
American Legion posts estab-
lished by the American Federation
of Labor— both oJdtime stumbling
blocks of the Communists— that the
first fight is to be waged,
ght. rp^ ytaign is in m *. rrii
last-ditch attempt iTOl pre-
vious failure. The Communists' first
effort to gain control in veterans'
circles, it seem?, Was to found their
own organizations, controlled un-
dercover, in the hope that one of
them might attract enough non-
Communst veterans to challenge the
American Legion or Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Thompson admitted the failure of
this plan in as many words as he
took command of the new drive to
corral World War II veterans.
"The Legion and V.F.W. are
where the veterans are going,"
Thompson said. "Already over 500-
000 are in the Legion nnd around
700,000 are in the F.V.W.
' ~ • a •
( fp HE America n Veterans Cnm-
J. mitiee if the most prominent
of the new veterans' organizations.
1 agree it has a very nice-sounding
program, that it has ample finances
and that it has been putting out a
lot of publicity,
"But the result of all this Is that
you have a million and a quarter in
the established veterans' organiza-
tions — and in the largest of these
new organizations, the American
Veterans Committee, you have only
3500."
I talked to several oldtime Com-
munists who told me that the party
and its predecessor, the Interna-
tional Workers of the World (I. W.
W.) T made the same mistake after
the First World War.
"We could have *ot in on the
ground floor of the American
Legion," a grizzled veteran of the
Pittsburgh Steel strikes told me. "In-
stead, we fooled around trying to
organize our own veterans' posts.
When the Legion caught on, we were
the cold."
Date ±LUi±L
The Philadelphia inquirer eciobto
Phila., Pa, / . ^ . . / ,
XT UWTne Communists are d«nH TIK E veterans of the O W Und W arld
1\ ed upon Invading the American A War. now flooding Into the
Lesion by way of its labor posts, a American Legion and Vf.W. are the
tough road, they admit, but one In real hope of the Communist*
which they can make themselves ef- "We not underestimate
fective if successful 1 the ability of the service men of this
•■The American Legion is the de- 1 war to make their weight felt."
asKe organization," is the way Thompson encourages his comrades
Thompson sums it up for his com-
rades, "because what It does will
determine more than anything else
what happens in the veterans field.
"At the same time, labor must
give consideration and systematic
attention to the V.F.W. It is moat
Important, especially In the larger
cities, that a labor base be estab-
lished in the veterans' organiza-
tions
"The setup of trade vAion posts
in the American Legion, called the
Labor Legionnaires, is a most im-
portant beginning in this direction."
• • •
LEGION officials In New York
estimate that the present caff
paign will narrow the Communist
(effort to about 125 of the 14.000
lLegion posts throughout the co un-
it ry
I These are the posts organized by
VvF.L. unions, beginning about
1925, among veterans of the First
World War combined within the
framework of the Legion as the
Union Labor Legionnaires, with
headquarters at 160 N. La Salle St.,
Chicago.
Although originally formed
among veterans from large individ-
ual A.F.L. unions, most of these
posts now admit members from
other unions, including the CJ.O.
But these posts will be only, the
beginning in the Communist effort.
In a sidewalk cafe on lower f ifth
ave., just above Washington Square.
I met a youi;g Communist who had
served with the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade in Spain and later had^eati^t^ Communists themselves call a
ed overseas with the U. S. Army, ridiculous figure.
He still was in uniform, but was • • »
J? 1 *S5f5 Be « ^ — u VET Communists are confl-
"We'll dc .better," he said "when \ dcnt tJ) , wn makc , dent w
the C. I. O. unions start forming ^ American Legion by working
of the Communist Party. "Fourteen
million of them are not going to let
a million and a quarter veteran* or
the last war exclude them from a
full voice in any veterans' organi-
sation.
"Because there Is a really mature
labor movement in this country
with a base of 4,000,000 in the armed
forces, I do not have too many
doubts about the character of any
real, mass, democratically -run vet-
erans' organization."
To sum up, the Communist effort
to move in on the American Legion
will be made in three steps: An ef-
fort to infiltrate the established
of the Labor Legionnaires, a
campaign to Isolate the unionists
imong returning veterans in similar
labor posts, and an attempt to con-
trol and combine these posts in di-
recting Legion policy.
* • •
A MINOR iron in ihe fire will be
an effort to organize returning :
Negro veterans of the South into <
separate. Communist - controlled}
posts of the American Legion. I
How many Communists or near J
Communists in the armed forces thl
party can count on in this effort *
a imoot question. When Theodore
Dreiser, the novelist, enrolled in the
convention, he estimated there were
11.000 Communists In the armed
forces.
That figure undoubtedly is too
high. Based on the usual propor-
tion, it would indicate 11,000,000
Communists in the country, which
their own veterans' posts. They miss-
ed out on the last war, of course,
but they'll be ready to go now that
t hte one is over."
their members into key posts, if
they fall, they're ready to turn to
another course.
"The course of events may be
anged in the veterans' field as a
result oi future developments." is
the way Thompson puts it. "You.
may have the emergence of a new"
organization . . as a result of a fight
where the veterans learn from their
own experience that nothing can be
accomplished through the establish-
ed organizations."
In that case, the Communists wlli
form their own veterans' organiza-
tions, lure in as many non-Com-
munist members as possible, and set
out to outshout the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
tinned Tamt i yw j *
A
The Pliitadelpliia l.iquirer
Phila., Pa.
B^l.j./JPJ
/06~3-//?$
r
Aiiys of 17. S. Communists
Reds Seek to Control
Unions Through Unrest
(Fifth 0/ a Series)
LBy Oliver H. Crawford
IMINUTIVE, hard-bitten Johnfcj* Green, of Camden, president
of the Industrial Union of Marine* and Shipbuilding Workers
(C.I.O-), pro bably would be s urprised to hear his name in the
'" ~ shadowy purlieus of Green wieh
Village in New York City.
But thtre, down the steps of *
v basement restaurant and against a
background of purple walls decked
with gTeen parrots, it was.
"First comes Johnny Green." the
man said, "and the shipbuilding
workers."
Mr. Green, being a realist, prob-
ably will be considerably less sur-
prised that his huge and sprawling
union of shipyard workers is a prin-
'clpal target for the Communist
Party of the United States.
Sharing that honor is the equally
huge United Auto Workers (C.I.O.),
where the Communists also hope
to settle a longstanding feud
with Waker Reuther, vice president
of the union.
IT DOESN'T take long among the
Communists In New York to
learn that gaining control of these
two huge unions and of a dozen
smaller C J.O. groups was a principal
aim of the Communist Party
"change In line." rr " " -
Jh> J pt ^nt of t he change, which
Datp f-/^^>"
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Phila., Pa. -"V>kw
•
Ajms of V. S. Communists
Reds Seek Labor Control
Through Conversion Unrest
In the bo far successful effort to
keep the C.I.O. in the Trade Union
Congress coming up in England and
By Oliver H. Crawford
Continued From First Fat * ^to'nikVit . part erf the World Ptod
, - * * these * 0, fjration of Trade Unionists, doroln at
•'n^^fe'^-^ ^ 8 " lrt UaI ° n
steel tttglng on » e ^ American Federation of La-
^Xort h fL the comma»*; ^ ->r already has turned it« back on
U JrStiV« r * ^SteW * orU1 ' . in^* e Program, calling the Soviet
,K«t decisive Indus lTfA in jo: Communists also intend to
,m ° ■ — — ** d c — tne » use their industrial organization
a basis for organization of ratal
Darticularlv in the fiouw.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Phila., Pa.
preatdentiai eatotion, however,
ji u currently .engaged tat a
hova battle ta/etoct Brigadier Oen-
r er»l WUBain'O'Dwyer as mayor of
New York and to return two of tta
member* to City Council.
* * •
ALTHOUGH of principal interest
to Mew Yorker*, the campaign
may have far-reaching effect* on
the politlcsi future of the Com-
munisi reny.
You h er In New York that while
I the Communists have no Intention
1 of leaving their preeent allies, these
organisations ere attracted to the
OommunteU only by their vote-get~
ting Ability. Let that lag and out
! they go.
The key in the coming election
; is supposed to be the comparative
! vote of the American Labor Party
end the American Liberal Party.
The bulk of the OwnmtmUU are
In the American Labor Party, head-
ed by KdneXHillrnen, with the
usual estimate crediting them with
40,000 of ALP's 194.003 members.
Rigidly disciplined snd unflagging
workers, however, they take more
than a minority shire in the di
recUcjvof' ALP's aflalri.
^S?'?*^ • - * , *
irpHXY are^ linked, as uiual, with
I X>«he Democratic party in support
I oTpDwyer* eg* 10 ** Judge Jonah J.
tt
took
HZ Communist lferiv wtf
Us agitation
groups on the at
gtonal plane during
year— a tatted and eoatroQsd pohoy j
which may change if aovtot TMm ]
lOrfdgn pOucy m w mmm& «p ah*
inlnistration. -
A Anal problem fretting the Com-
munist Party In New Yon is Wheth-
er or not to
political party. The
mlttee bucked it to
eentton. The State
delayed action until tt
mine the effect on the pdtttcel
and fear — Ooyemor
Dewey.
The Communists gave ay>
standing as a legal party to '
contribute the M.000 votes that
abled Governor Herbert B
to defeat Dewey
Their first chance to
legal party again U to the 1MB guh-
ernstorisl race. If Dewey U a can"
didate, they will not reconstitute,
preferring to throw their strength
to hie opponent.
In other words, 'if Oewey
an Ubml Party ud City
orgmntatiosu.
Hcwtrtd'MorTfc, third candidate
In the field as representative oJ
Mayor L*auardl»*s "Mo Deer abUe,
fa expected to drmw no more than
100.000 nut. soalnly i«u tw
Ooiamni
ODwyer starts U* net with en
advantage Of searly 1,000 ,000 vote*,
based on ktTrWi party enroll-
ment of 1,171.111 P
BZljOU Republican*.
D*Ti*4jub*n*lty ( president erf tie
Internetionta Ladies O a r m e n t
Wortm Union ana head of Hie
American liberal Party. U one who
battens the Oonanunlit changes will
help undermine them
through the
in IK*
• ■ *
ALTHOUGH the new leader of the
Communists. William Z. Poster,
and toner party luminaries have
joined In attacking Karl Browder's
policy of eo-operatlon. they have no
intention of toalni the trulU of that
program in political practice and
government edmintotietrfe jobs.
International denlopnienU wfll
dsc h *» whether the Communist Par
tm supports President Truman o
3 Democratic successor In 1MI or
01 president Truman balks at some
point in his present dealings with
the Soviet Union.
• • •
THE national convention settb-
Usbed tne party Uns m tills
respect when It set forth:
•The Truman administration la
to be rewarded as t. besnfecss-demo-
eratic r^vernment which, though
making some Lumsirtnrii to nee-
tionary influences. still raaponds to
the critical pnasurei of the demo-
eretic-lebor coalition.-
This Is Interpreted tn Union
Square u meaning: "Hi atot hurt
"*- ->lTTl ■
Party has had
the next
i MsHi ml V. S. C+mmnwlsts . i
Future of Party Is at Stake
In N- Yo Mayoralty Election
(Sixth of • ScrUt}
■y Otver H. Crawford
HEADQUARTERS of the Peter v/c***chione Association at VJM
■tthsl** i Brooklyn, to m good nptace "any to itort check- ;
ine the poBttcnl policies of the Communist Party.
rS tar atore-f ranted building to not only the headquarters
of .XTf^T' SXwTnW elected to Hew York's
august City Council, It's the site
of the first attempt to mix the
revolutionary doctrines of Com-
munism with the hail-fellow,
neighborhood, paternalism cclg-
feutted by Tammany Hall.
It paid off Comrade Cacchione tn
1M5 with UJM> votse-eimcat s*
g apay rotes as the Communis t Party
drew tn all of England m the ssssp-
tns Labour Party victory.
The Communist suppor ten of
acchlooe were busy circulating
petitions In connection with bis
present ramp* 1 !" f« re-election but
Key willingly confirmed what you
*L h etr from Informed sources
liywhere else in Hew York.
*Tbe communist Party will retain
Its place In the American Leber
party, the Cittsens Political Action
Committee and the CIO Political T-v UBIN5KY, an arch-fee of the
Action Committee, as well as Its link \J Communists, pulled out of the
with the Democratic party, tn thej American Labor party to form the
future end probaht/ American Liberal Party when Com- .
Congressional elections munlst influence in the former grew
too strong. (
•The Communist somersault will
profoundly affect the Communis t-
domlnated American Labor Party.**
Dubinsky said in the ornate ILOWTj
headquarters at 1710 Broadway.
"With the help of Sidney H lltman ,
who last year turned over the ALP
lock, stock and barrel to the Com- ,
muntoU, the totter have been sail-
ing under the colon of national ,
unity and prog r es si ve front. They
were thus afato to corral some sip- j
port among liberals and trade So.-
tpatoto-- ■ ■ - - «•« «Kt eslui,
have to depend exclusively on the ■
fanatic Communist fringe.- . E
e e e I
HI Communists' other irons tn
the New York potttieal fire are
the re-election of two out-and-out
Communist candidates to City
Council. Benjamin J,>Dev»s. Jr, of
Msnhertan and Qscctuonc,
Davis, who had the Democratic ,
a- well as Communist nomination ;
this year and tost It when his plan >
for a Negro Soviet in the South was
green undue publicity, polled M.1S3
first choice votes tn 1MJ
It Is reputedly on his behalf that l
the Communist Party lent it* en- !
tlm-rtf"** aid to an "Bad Jim Crow- [■
tan in rteuebaJTrelly. If successful, |
tt would have little effect on to- [
provement of eonditions far n e gro e s
S«aee*r>7, bat ssto-.t hove » esry
tonic effect to Deris' own ssduwiak.
• • •
TBS niiainintot Parts' wfS keep
Its agitation among samority
group* on the same local sad n-
' trse aomtng
trailed policy
which may change if Soviet Union
foreign policy Is balked by the ad-
ttlw engaged to a efaow-
, wMm* Wslcemer Oeo-
f|lllaa*.*X>TJv-yer as mayor of
nsw York sad O return two of tta
ssssn'iT— to City OotmciL
• • •
i A LTHOUOH of principal Interest
, A to Hew YcriMrm. the campaign
way ban **ar-raachsaf effects on
:«ne poatical future of the Com-
munist Party.
• You bar m Hew York that wbfle
the Comnruntots have no intention
of leaving their present akies, t
sfi^nlsation* an attracted to
{ " ^ only by their vote-get-
1 ting ability. Let that lag and ant
I^Ttofkey to the earning election
* swnposed to he the osrssparattn
dmbr* — "
A final problem fretting the Oom-
_«ndstparty to Hew Ycek fa wheth-
er or not to iseonst lints tsastf as a.
licertfcwJ party. The aatmnsl sosnf
. - trot State eon-
It to
vsn w on. »« ■>■■» ' >™ —
delayed action antfl B can d eter
seine the eSwet en the | HH Is» 1 oa
{.
Agmgjaf V. S. Communists
Foster Admits Real Goal
Is a Soviet America
(Seventh of a Series)
By Oliver H. Crawford
THE tall, narrow green building that houses national head-
quarters of the Communist Party at 35 E. 12th St., New York
City, isn't pretentious, nor is its steel-doored second exit toj
50 E. i3th st. unusually susp»c»cus. ■
But it forms the center of the giant web the Communists hopfl
to weave about the United States with a brand new leader in he
role of the spider.
William Z. Poster, who has taken •
mart Browser's place at the long ma- J
hogany desk in the green -a no -yellow
paneled office on the second floor, is
now busy gathering up the threads
his aides are weaving in the college*,
veterans' organization, unions and
political ranks.
Now 64 years old. the baldins.
portlv. but square-Jawed Poster is
one of the real veterans of the Com-
munist movement in the Unitfd
3tates, finally come to the post of
command to which he has aspired
or a quarter-century. __
t"\ft wBljM* record, . WiflTUJl , B.»
Onto . f-/h~<4S
The Philadelphia inquirer
Pk!U Dr.
Soviet AmericaTs Foster's Goat~~
By Oliver H. Crawford
r*ntfn«ed From First Pare
^oater is a dungnous man.
• • •
AT COMrTVNJ^T headquarters,
they will tell you that "Mr. Fos-
ter doesn't give Interviews." They
fail to add, as they very well could,
"without a court order."
For on the occasions when the
present leader of the American
Communists has talked for the rec-
ord, tt has been very interesting
Indeed.
It was in 1928, in accepting the
Communist Party nomination for the
presidency, that Foster said: "We
must build a Soviet government in
the United States. It will come and
behind it will stand a Red Army."
In the same address, he warned of
the dangers of an imperialistic war
and advised workers to turn it into
a ctvil war for the establishment of
Communism.
It was in 1930. before a House In-
vestigating commit tee. that foster
testified that Communists in this
country owed first allegiance to the
*"Red Flag of the Proletariat." that
religious ideals had no place in Com-
munism, and that social end racial
•quality was their cardinal principle.
r • ■ •
TT WAS in 1930, when Foster was
X asked by Representative Hamilton
Pish whether the Communist Party
desired to overthrow our Republican
form of government by revolution-
ary methods, that Foster .replied by
reading from the program of the
Communist International: "the vio-
lence of the bourgeoisie can only be
suppressed by the stem violence of
the proletariat."
It was in July, 1935, as a delegate
to the Seventh Congress of the Com-
intern in Moscow that he set forth
his blueprint for a radical working
class party in the United States.
"The proposed party must be
based on mass trade unions and
C Vn TiiTa X i " -^rtfr mUSt pCTo' '* d* the
trade "unions to join a movement
lor the formation of a party," Fos-
ter wrote. "Under present conditions
in the United States, the suggested
party no doubt would assume a
militant radical character, and, If
the Communist Party were to act
energetically, would exercise a strong
and even leading influence therein."
• • •
IT WAS in September. 1939. one
month after the signing of the
Soviet-German non-aggression pact,
that he toid a House Investigating
Committee he would not support the
United States in a war at the aide
of Great Britain.
It was in May, 1940, at the conven-
tion of the Communist Party of East-
ern Pennsylvania in Olympia Arena.
711 S. Broad St., that Foster assailed
President Roosevelt's call for 50.000
planes as "a move to get the United
Stales into the European war."
addressed the Pennsylvania State
Communis! Convention at Musical
Fund Hall, 8th and Locust sts., Phil-
adelphia, he was calling for the
combined forces of the United States
and Britain to open a second front
on behalf of Russia.
Foster's record in discussion goes
further back than the present con-
flict, however, for he has just doffed
the harness of his second World War.
• • •
T WAS in the First World ar as a
member of the International
orkers of the orld. the "I.W.W." or
"oblies." that Foster begin his career
as a revolutionary and the present
trail to the Communist Party leader-
ship.
It was as an I..W. leader that he
helped organise the steel strikers
which threatened to undermine the
Nation's war effort in 1918.
He was one of the first leaders of
the Communist Party in the United
States, three times its candidate for
President, and organizer of the
Trades Union Educational Leagul,
which served for a tune as Its prdV ■
paganda agency. |
He was arrested in 1923 on charges
of criminal syndicalism, when Fed-
eral agents surprised him and 17
other Communists at a secret meet-
ing in the sand dunes near Bridg-
man, Mich.
• • • i
HE WAS jailed in 1930 on charges
of provoking a riot at a Com-
munist rally in New, York's Union
Square and accepted the Communist
Presidential, nomination in a prison '
cell in a speech that lasted one hour ,
and eight minutes and bored his
jailer stiff.
But Foster's bitterest setbacks
were reserved for him by the Com-
munist Party he so loyally serves. ,
By 1924, when he first ran for)
President on the Communist ticket,
Foster had become head of the
American Communist Party, but his
position-was challenged by Charles
E>Ruthenberg. one of his compan-
ions of the Michigan sand dunes.
Both went to Moscow to argue
their cases before Gregory' Zlno-
vieff, head of the Third Interna-
tional. Foster came back. Ruthen-
berg died there and was buried in
Moscow. But it was JaysLovestone,
now a union official and anti-Com-
munist, who became the new Com-
munist leader, not Foster.
• » •
JN 1929^ when Lovestone was writ-
j. ten on by the international lead-
ership of the Communist Party,
Foster again was passed over and a
virtually unknown party worker.
Earl Browder, got the job.
But the 20 lean years are over for
Foster. He's in command of the
American Communist Party again
and his course Is set.
Hew far Foster will go in the im-
of co-operation the United States
retains with the Soviet Union. The
present program calls for building
and strengthening the Communist
Party In schools, onions, veterans'
groups, minorities and polUcal par-
ties.
• • •
IF DIFFICULTIES or differences
arise in the post-war period, these
auxiliaries will be called into play.
How dangerous this program may
be or how far-reaching remains for
the future to decide.
In his oak-panelled office in the
white U. S. Court House Building on
Foley Square, E. E. Conroy. agent
in charge of the New York district
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, is smiling, affable and unin-
formative.
But it doesn't need his confirm! •
tion to learn in New York that tile
honeymoon is over. The FBI hi*
redoubled its vigilance over the Com-
munist leaders and their program.'
(Concluded Tomorrow)
mediate future, it is
1M3> when Foster York, will depend upon the degree'
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Phila., Pa.
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~Ti JT^WM.ftAK managing ■ rp ttf Militant, publicati on jL the
XJ ol the New Leader, official i X Socialist Workers Parly, the
publication o J the Social Democratic
Federation, was first to put Into t
words the problem raised by the ■
atom bomb. •
"The shortening of the war will be
only the beginning of the effects of
the atomic bomb," be writes. "Noth-
ing since the invention of gun-
powder has changed military
strategy so basically; nothing since
steam engine ha* caused such an
Indus trial revolution as will result;
toothing since the French revolution
has had such political repercussions
as this will have. It is universally
recognized as something revolution-
"In a very different sense than
Marx meant, this stupendous dis-
covery by scientists working under a ■
capitalisfreconomy means that 'capi- .
talism is its own gravedigger.' .Capi-
talism has not produced a rtvrftn^ ajsaut the atomic bomb.
Trotzkyites. came through with a
party manifesto on, the subject of
the atomic bomb.
"Capitalism In. its death agony,
writhing In the tolls of mortal
crisis," said the manifesto, calmly,
''has perfected an Instrument of all- •
embracing annihilation. This deadly
destructive force, held In the grip of
the criminal capitalist rulers, will be
ued to decimate mankind unless it
Is snatched in tone from their mur- 1 MnMmt ^ fK -
derous grasp. The workers * ffCT m to the use
•wake, and wake quickly, to the |vne d
realization that war with all its hor-
rors is the product of the capitalist
THE Daily Worker, publication of
the Communist Party, while no
leas sure of the result, has been less
certain as to what it ought to say
tionary working class but a revolu-
tionary invent ton.
"The atomic bomb completes the
process begun by the machine gun,
the tank, the airplane, which ex-
eludes the practical possibility of vio-
lent social revolution, of seizure of
the State power by the proletariat.
It makes the suppression of revolt
too easy."
• • •
HERMAN ".SINGER, editor Of
the Call, which is the of-
ficial organ of Norman Thomas'
Socialist Party, was right on his
heels, however.
"The revelation that the atomic
bomb has shifted the basis of in-,
dus trial energy to atomic energy,"
he said, "has apparently shattered
the vested interests in coal and elec-
tric utilities.
—JF*or if the people take control
attraction of civilization, we
must have an international systerr
of production for use Instead ol
profit, a worldwide federation of co-
operative commonwealths."
o at sj m
: After approaching the subject
gingerly from several directions, in-
cluding the British Labor Party vic-
tory, without much progress, the
Worker finally settled for this decis-
ion:
"If it comes to the collective or-
ganization of the powers of hand and
Ijrain, there are other people who
can equal and (for all we know) out-
strip our own achievements. The
alternatives, therefore, are competi-
tion or co-operation In the use of
this new weapon.
"That Is the basic question which
has confronted the united Nations
In every aspect of its work. We be-
lieve that this is the time to fight
-even more strongly for a fundamen-
tal co-operation of the great powers
—especially our own country and the
Soviet Union— for the sake of
progress In all fields of human en-
of the tremendous destructive po*er»^dtt v CT for the sake of preventing
that inheres in atomic energy and another general war.
toward constructive uses, "And the responsibility to secure
this lies particularly on us Amer-
icans. Particularly after the devel-
opment of atomic power."
* • »
NONE of the organizations had
any douots, however, at least
editorially, that the atomic bomb
made their panacea Just what the
doctor ordered.
The New Leader said: "It means i
that the world must be socialized,
that we must have a worldwide fed-
eration of co-operative Socialist
commonwealths, if mankind and clv-
ttan are to survive. "
Call stated: "If we sza lo tuna
THE Daily Worker put it: Ttu
immediate answer remains: the
vigilance of the people, the struggle
to win new potitlbns by united actior.
from the forces of reactionary mo-
nopoly."
The Militant Mid: "Socialism— 01
perish! These are the alternatives
Only the working class, which suf-
fers the cruelties of capitalism ir-
peace and war, can deal the death-
blow to this foul system."
No one suggested that per hap;
capital, industry, labor and govcfi-
fit, working hand in hand to iki-
: the secret of atomic eneity,
accomplished very much. [
The End *
turn it
the vast monopolies which now base
themselves on suddenly outmoded
electric n ower > will find themselves
homeless.
"But if the monopolies have any-
thing to say there will be no conver-
sion of atomic energy to make It pos-
sible for the workers of the world to
enjoy any of the benefits that would
accrue from the widespread use of
such-energy. Through employment
**" M atomic energy, it might be pos-
sible in a few short years to wipe
out poverty and to build a world
which could fulfill the most U
jflajM °* socialist dreamers
Date
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Phila.. Pa. J*®*:\ ' ■ ~
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IBS. ROOSSVELT IS ASfcfc^
TO END AID TO CO?^.OTJISTS
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Mrs. Eleanor D^Roosevelt wa s requested by
Willi amJJCarlin, New York en airman of the Social "Democratic Federation,
"to reconsider your attitude and cease lending your moral support and
prestige to the 'left wing 1 faction of the American Labor Party."
Karl in made public an exchange of letters with
Mrs. Roosevelt. He protested to Mrs, Roosevelt originally in a letter
on May 25. The Presidents wife spoke on May 8 at a meeting of the
12th Assembly District Club of thelAnerican Labor Party, which is
^•controlled by the left-wing faction. On May 15, Eugene—Conn oil ,
Nl secretary of the New York County Committee of the American Labor
fi Party , also controlled by the left wing under the chairmanship of
Representative Vito-Marcantonio, made public a letter from Mrs. Roosevel
*\*ndorsing a statement of policy by this committee.
Replying to Karlin In a letter dated May 29, Mrs.
, Poosevelt said:
which you
object to
M I read your letter and I thought my statement to
refer was an American Labor Partv statement and no one should
it.
"I spoke to a group in my neighborhood in Nev. f York
\] City, as members of the American Labor Party, on consumer problems. Not
' being a member I did not know the distinctions,"
Karlin, his letter of yesterday said:
"YJhen you say of the American Labor Party* not being
a member, I do not know the distinctions', we necessarily infer that you
assert ignorance of one of the most fundamental, far reaching and highly*
publicized facts in the political life of New York, neirtely, the distinct:
between the 'right-wing' group of the American Labor Party, which has
consistently end unwaveringly since 1936 supported the domestic end fore?
policies of President Roosevelt, and the •left-wing 1 group of that Party
which has* actively promoted and indorsed the Communist Party line."
/The Socialist Democratic Federation split with the
leadership of NormanJwPhomas in the Socialist Party in 1936. It has be*n
— — af-f ilfceted~wi-fck~%*Hi American Labor Party. The right wing, whicfe controls
ffcOEHtbeUHftetJeifttlrgttariKlKtjion of the American Labor Party, is headed by Luigi
&oWn
Jj^irman
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and Alex/Rose, secretary,
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]V ( Yugoslav Officials influenced organization of AC lit by Unit
-u,' jij Committee of South Slavic Americans on August 24/1944.
v \' ^ Equipment purchasod by ACYA in tho US during 1947 to be
distributed in s Yugoslavia through tho Yugoslav Red Cross and
Ministry of Health* Background inforrastion on officers and -
directors set out. Former employee of ACYR in 1945 fc2t
adninistrativo expenses greatly excee ded ton percent of income
bu^wablotogivo definite figures. MIBHIM|HB|^
flflfl ^jrandmatcrial from other sources indicating
Yugoslav officials dic^ato policy of AC1H and hrvc requested
that political action by committee be preferred over relief
activities. Meetings sponsored by ACYR Indicate politic*
generously mingled -with relief work • .id meetings attended by
Yugoslav officials. ACYR sponsored tour of ZLATKO BALOKOTC
in March, 1947. Speakers I'anual of ACYR contains material
praising TITO and present regime in Yugoslavia. Macedonian
Hospital Committee ^ffilirtcd rith AC2R. Q ^iii1 r nf Prrrn**'""'
of ACYR from 3/1/45 th - - ~~
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COPIES DESTROYS
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TEST VIRGINIA
Eonwocd Chapter
John M. Baron, Sr. President
c/0 Perkovic General Store
Bonwood, 7Jest Virginia
Additional Ohio
Steubenville Chapter
Mr* Steve Barko, Chairman
412 Tells Street,
Steubenville, Ohio
Pohattan Point Chapter
Mr. George- Potkonjak, Chairman
Box 374
pohaltan Point, Ohio
vrrscoNsiN
Milwaukee Chafer
Mr. Dusan r 'asarich, Secretary
828 A.Tf. Scott St.,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Officers and Directors of ACW
On June 12, N C on f i den tial' Informant mado availaS&e to
the New York Office, a copy of a letter on the letterhead of the American
Committee for Yugoslav Relief, Inc., listing the present officers, members
of the Board of Directors and sponsors of the ACYR. There are set out
hereinafter ^ the officers and directors with a biographical sketch on each
prepared from information contained in the New York Offico files, where such
identifying information is available.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Honorary Chairman, Vrs. ELEANCR^ROCBEVELT.
President. ZLATKQ BALOKOVIG
A ddress; 439 East 5lst Street. v
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Ch the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Balokovic, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
accepted the Honorary Presidency of the Committee on the very eve of her
dc?i nrture for London as the United States delepato to the United Nations
Organization* In her last statement to the press in this country which she made
in the rooms of the Committee in New York she pointed out the very tragic situation
of the children of Yugoslavia* x
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NY 100-BQGU
I ^that the reconroendations
of the AdSB^ of tho^Crder of People 1 0
Service to Mrs, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mr. Ferdinand- Smith. Mr. Georg e Jeasei^and
the Xuroslav Central Council of San Podro be accepted. """"
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firs, EIEANCR ROOSEVELT was then presented with a plaque for an orphans
home which was presented to her by the Yugoslav Ambassador, SAVA KOSANOVICH. In
was not the fault of the leaders, but was that of the people and urged these present
to write their representatives and inform them what they wanted.
HARRY JUSTIZ then read a resolution which was adopted concerning the
use of food as a political weapon against the Yugoslav government. JOHANNES
STEEL was the next speaker and presented five plaques to KCSANOVTCH for orphans
homos bearing the naras of ^ENDELL T7ILLKIE, MARY HC LEOD BETHUNE, ALBERT EINSTEIN,
the late Senator GEORGE NOLRIS and XPTKHT D. EISENHOL'ER.
LJUBO LEOtfTIC, Yugoslav Ambassador to England, was the next speaker and
thanked the United States forher aid in establishing the United Nations and asked
for peace and strength of the United Nations.
The last speaker of the evening was ALEX BEBLER, Deputy U*S. Foreign
Minister and UN Delegate, who made no significant statement other than urging
friendship between the two countries.
The writer was able to obtain copy of the resolution *v/hich was approved
by the meeting and read by MAERY M. JUSTIZ. In this resolution was stated^'
arc deeply concerned because the State Department cf our country appears to
have formulated a relief policy which will bar heroic Yugoslavia from American
help, apparently because its people have' determined to make political and economic
b^cuifxwo xi i v • o-j imiviu,." i.ias i-uauiuwuu uiiun tun uinucj cr, "irtt-rw nave Decn
resolved that this meeting deplores the retreat of our State Department from
a policy of international and non-political distribution of American food and
relief. Vfe call upon our Congress and State Department to reconsider that policy
to the end that the standard for American assistance shall bo the active human and
material sacrifices of war devastated nations and the needs of their people rather
than the former government which they may chose to establish.*
JOHN EDGAR HOOVER
JKM:BK
11:45 A.M.
Irfcrral *u mm of fsivsatfeatiati
«tiiteft #tatc* fif partmrnt of fustier
Vo*tf taaton, B. OL
December 26, 1942
Mr. T»Wob_
Mr. B. A. T
Mr. CUsf_
Mr. 01»tIo_
Mr. hM
MEMOBAHPUVt FOR MR. P. M. LAPP
Re:
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Mr. Klebolr^c
Mr. Bo««a_
Mr. Tmy^
Mr. Cmtion
Mr. CofUy
Mr. H«edon_.
Mr. Kr«m«r_
Mr. M«G«tr«
Mr. H»rbo
Mr. Qefsti Tmm
TtU. Boom
Mr. N#sm
ML
Reference le made to the letter written by R obert Block
-^fieineaan to Josephine Truslow/ldema which wee forwarded by wis a*
•'bv letter to Mrs. Roosevelt /alleging that Weetbroola^Pegler rece^rs
material from out-and-out Nazis. It will be recalled that The wrker for
Sunday, December 20, 1942, contained an article which Indicated that the
local unlcn at the B aldwin Locomotive Plant In Philadelphia had determined
thatJpBBHHHet "who had long been suspected of pro-Jiasiism by the
other workers," was the individual who wrote the letter to Pegler which he
In turn quoted in his column. It was also indicated that the union had
secured statements indicating that this individual is pro-Nazi and had,
in fact, been discharged from previous employment because of his tendencies
tr. that regard. It was also indicated that the union had turned over this
material to the FBI, and that the FBI had been Investigating the man for \
some time. T his latt er is not true as the Bureau has not previously had \
any record of eflHet has not investigated him, and the union has not turned]
over any information to the FBI*
^■■■■■I^P of the Philadelphia Field Office was telephonlcally
furnished the background data in this matter which was not already in the
possession of the Philadelphia Field Office, and he was i nstructed to im-
mediately institute a discreet, thorough investigation of fl0 back ~
ground and the potential ramifications were pointed out to him for his guidance
in handling the matter discreetly. He was advised that the investigative reports
should not contain any resume of past material, but should consist solely of
investigative results. These instructions will be followed with a Utter to
Ithat office.
Respectfully,
\
HBCORZ)
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January 1 ' , 1943
MEMORANDA FOR CK. TAaU
I'oxtvjrt'.i of the Meiv York OJ'li called at this ti»ie and
Mr. E. A. ..
Mr. CUr,_
Mr. Glaviti._
Mr. L*dd_ _
Mr. Nichols
Mr . Rosen
Mr. Tra.-y .
Mr. Carson. _
Mr. Colfcy..
Kramer
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Tel p . Room_
Mr. Ncu:u' .
Miss Bcaboi
Mr.
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Mr.
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stated he would lik?'to advise of a letter which was written by that Mits Gmdy
office on January 10, 1943 > which he believes would be* of interest
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to the Director.
Tie" st'tt'eu 1 it
relSSfte
stated that sh e had just finished
cmg tu f.'rt'. Roosevelt about Sena tor[ Now«Jc.^| >o tod part of the • ' r -'
information given by" Mrs. Adaiuas as follows: "you know how Eleanor is.
She would not make any positive statement but I could see fro.u the way
that she reacted she it; with us. Of course the subject of i..y meeting
ilh Eleenor was that Hoover business, ileanor just gave iue this letter
froth Hoover and s?.id 'Now you see Josie what a tmstr.rd Hoover it?. That
ir ::-ot. he covers up is Fascist attitude. Pretty snuj; isn't Yu + * That
was hoover 1 a r.:-.s>sicr in that matter of that Fai>ci:;t worker ir; that tank
plant in Pennsylvania." *' ,
fll^to a'ivistd that she showed a typewritten copy of £ letter which
Adams s*iid that Krs. Roosevelt had BUides^rher and he sav. the typewritten
ripiebure of J. Edgar Hoover on the letter,. 0^^^\,ent on to say that they
trdked about Koover arid Pegier saying he was covering up for Pegier.
Foxworth stated for the purpose of checking: the reliability of V is
informant, a check could be made to see if a letter did go out to vra,
Focscvelt. I told Foxworth that a letter was sent to Mrs. Roosevelt and
-Toxwor-th -th'jri stated that the Director would probably be very nuch iriterecteo
in seeing this letter.
The letter mentioned by poxcorth has been received b this office and ^
h: i- been routed to Supervisor H. B. Long for handling. I * T* fTffi /) k p if
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Hnitt & States Drparttnrnt of luflticr
NIT YORK, NET YORK
April 2v, 1945
INTERNAL SECURi TY (R)
RErER 5 IS
Dear Sir :
Reference is made to the current investigation being con-
ducted by the New York field office concerning the above captioned in-
dividual*
This is to advise that on Saturday, I-arch 31st, 1945 triers
appeared in theJ^ews Day", newspaper publication at Hempstead, Long
Island, Ner; York a photograph of OLGX^KHLOFKOVA, accompanying a news article
•which stated that she, as a member of the staff of the Consulate of the
U*S.S.R* ifl New York, would be featured as a speaker at the Second Annual
Roman's Forum to be held in Cathedral House, Hempstead, on April IS, iy45.
The article continued that !irs. KHLOPKOVA, born in KoscorJ a graduate of
the Literary Institute in Moscow, ana formerly, employed in the publishing
house in that community, and whose husband, as a member of a tank iii vision
is now on active daty at the iront with the Red Army, was active in the
defense of Moscow during the seige, was a member of the A.R.P., and tcok
part in otter defense and war duties, prior to her caning to thejJnj^d^Z^A-y^
States in December, 1943. t # , ^^ff^f^^^^ ~
Another speaker at that meetingrlUbe T>.Z£&V*£j?J&Z , re-
portedly one of the foremost young Chinese lawyers now in tnls country,
who formerly was associated with the J. PURDCirrTOGKT LKTT OrriCES in
Baltimore, Maryland, and whose topic will be "If I had a voice in the
Peace rroceedings". *
The news article concluded that tfrs. HtAiNKUN D. EOCoEYiLT,
LadyiSAIISOM, wife oi Sir George^Sansom, British Minister in '.'fashing ton,
and toe. EcER^&i-lNiT, wife of /the French Ambassador to the United States, ^
-would also be 'introduced at the meeting. /0CT J&f^V
This is being furnished for information purposes.
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subject; JW£ ATJT /0W CRIMINAL AND CIVIL
COURTS BAR ASSOCIATION
1950 AWARD — DECEMBER 22, 1950
date: December 12, 1950
ToUe*
0/j December 11, 1950, the Times herald, on page 2,
carried a story to the effect that the New York Criminal and
Civil Courts Bar Association had announced on .December 20,
the presentati on of its 1950 award for "meritorious service
}n administering criminal justice," to be made to the FBI and
accepted by Mr. Hoover on December 22*
••lame
f«U. too*
ASAC Stein in New York has advised that it has been
Pres ident
years*
organisation has been in existe nee for the past 31 years and
is said to be a reputable organisation with no derogatory information
known concerning it.
ASAC stem in New jor/r nas aavisea tnat it nas o<
determined that He r ma nr^Hoff man, 233 Broadway, New York, is
of this Association and has been President'-for the past 11
press and
a nd wa s
press p
Hoffman has advised an Agent of the New York Office that
at a recent meeting of the Association it was decided that something
should be done to counteract the Lowenthal book and the membership
decided that they preferred making some award to the Agents of the
FBI through Mr. Hoover. The date of December 22 came up and it was
more or less agreed that the presentation would be made on that date,
Hoffman stated that he had not released information to the
was greatly incensed by the press having this informati on
most embarrassed that the information had appeared in the
t ... r rior to the Association's contacting the Director. Mr. Hoffman
has addressed a letter under date of December 11, 1950, to the Director
advising him of the Association's decision and requesting that he
accept the a'vara on behalf of the Agents of the FBI*
On December 12, 1950, an item appeared in the New York
Mirror identifying Hoffman as head of Adelphi Hospital in Brooklyn.
This item further stated that the presentation would be made in the
offices of Rober-bLDaru, Chairman of the Board of the Association.
The item further stated that Daru would make known at the meeting
of December 22, at which time the presentation would be made, the '
findings of his group as a result of their investigation in wire 1
tnppi.rin and other matters.^ i
ASAC Stein has advised that in regard to Robert Daru that ^
^yhe has been active in order to effect state legislation Jim Jf&tk.! ark
«V to make the state laws conform with Federal laws on wirw*la\
* searches and seizures. *«»nrn re ? * - «
CC: Mr. Jones IV'X'FD ■ 56 ! I*
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Memo to Mr* Tola on
December 12, 1950
Stein has also determined that this award was node to
the "typical New York City pat ro loan" of the New York City Police
Department in 1948*
Mr* Stein has also determined that in regard to Herman
Hoffman that on March 6, 194? , a national conference was held at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on the German problem* This conference
supported the Morganthau plan. Invitations were sent out over
the signature of Mrs. Franklin D&Roosevelt and Edgav^Vowrer*
Hoffman was one of forty-seven sponsors for this national conference
and most of the members on the sponsoring committee were either
Communists or Communist sympathizers , although there was a small
minority of anti-Communists * In 1949, Hoffman was listed as a
member of thesHdvisory Committee for the^Society for Prevention
of World War 'III, which organization has \js- its purpose a hard
German peace and is headed by anti-German elements .
In regard to Robert Daru, Bureau files reflect that he
was in Kansas City in 1946, at which time he represented himself
as at one time being on a Senate Committee and preparing most of
. the crime bills passed by the Congress in 1934, extending the
jurisdiction of the FBI* He was also purported to be an outstanding
criminologist and allegedly i nstructed people of various communities
how to prevent crime. Our files also indicate that he has served
as counsel to the"*Federal Grand Jury Association, Southern District
of New York and has edited "Thei&ederal Juror*" He addressed a
letter to the Director on September 15, 2942, commending the Director
on a statement the Director made emphasising the importance of the
public promptly forwarding information relating to un-American
activities to the FBI* ASAC Stein in New York has advised that
Daru was born in 1901 and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in
1924* He has been Chairman of the aboue-captioned Association
since 1941, and at one time was counsel for a Senate Subcommittee
on crime and racketeering* In September, 1937, he was Assistant
District Attorney for New York County. He is presently a senior
partner of the law firm, Daru, Visichi and Winter, New York City*
The New York files also reflect that a Mr* and Mrs* Robert
x Daru, 186 Pinehurst, New York City, were contacts in 1941, for the
"league of American Writers which has been cited by the Attorney
General* This could have stemmed from his association with the
r^^-^ral Juror* There is no other information available concerning
Daru* (62-69495)
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L'emo to Mr. Tola on December 12 9 1950
RECQl'.UENDA TION:
It appears from the information set out hereinbefore
that regardless of the merits of the award a most undesirable
situation has occurred whereby publicity has been given to the
award prior to the time that the Director has even been contacted*
It appears that it would be unwise to refuse the award for the
Special Agents in the Bureau but it is not believed that the
Director himself should accept the award. It is recommended
that upon the receipt of Mr*. Hoffman's letter that he be advised
that SAC Scheidt of the New York Office will accept the award on
behalf of the Agents.
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Director, FBI
from SAC, New York
SUBJECT: V v NEtf YORK CRUfTrJAL AND CIVIL
COURTS BAR ASSOCIATION
TEST YORK CITY,
HER1 -!A?NjOFrViAN
ROBERT^JARU
Attention: Mr, Frank TIo.lT.oman
date: Decemb 3
Mr. T*ary
Mr. Katiw
Ml. T+lny, ^
Reference is made to the telephone call of December 12, 1950, from
Mr. Frank Holloman of the Bureau to ASAC C, W. Stein in regard to the above
captioned organization and Mr. Holloman 's request for additional information
concerning it and its President, HETOiAN Hu-TMAN.
one of its
LELTNER, had the
The "New York Daily terror" of December 12, 1950,
t regular feature columns entitled, "Over the River 11 , by JEW.
j following item:
"As a direct rebuke to Max Lowenthal's recent book, attacking J.
Edgar Hoover and the FBI, the N. Y. Criminal and Civil Courts Bar Ass'n. voted
this year's award to the FBI for 'meritorious service in administering criminal
justice'. President Herman Hoffman, who also heads the Adelphl Hosp. in
B'klyn, has arranged for Director Hoover to accept the award at ceremonies in
the offices of Robert Daru, Bd. chairman, Dec. 22. This is the second time in
35 years that this presentation goes to an organization instead of an indivi-
dual. In 1 148 it was voted to the 'typical New York City patrolman' . At the
presentation j Mr. Daru will nake known the findings of the group's investiga-
tions into wiretapping and other matters."
The^files of this Division were checked in regard to ROBERT DARU and
the following information ascertained.
A news clipping from the "New York Herald Tribune" of January 3, 1950,
reflected in part that the Hew York County Criminal Courts Bar Association had
announced on January 2, 1950, that it would make an intensive drive in the
session of the State Legislature to obtain enactment of laws for correction
of wiretapping and search and seizure abuses. According to this clipping,
ROBERT DARU, Chairman of the Board of the Association, disclosed also that the
^ ,- s organization is broadening its activities and is embarking on a general study
9n«l rtAnmnnliflnniw/i A nirnri •» + A am j>v P + V» ^ jw. 4> 4 ^« a1 J a>I —£ at ««<9 ^
miu ^.Vlliyi CUCIWATB J.llVCi7bJ.gai/XUU VI bllO Cli l/J-i C 11C 1U Ul IH'XULU iCLX 4UJLI Vll
justice. In conjunction with this plan, he said that the organization at its
annual meeting in April or Hay, 1950, would consider a proposal to change its
nane to the New York Criminal and Civil Courts Bar Association and would
+>i nnrpf nrth not confine its interest to New York County. The newsclipping
went on to say that the inquiries of the Association into wiretapping and
search and seizures, which had not yet been* completed., 4 wQuld be combined with
CAD:MEiT
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In 19U2 a HERMAN HOFFMAN was Chairman of the Board of twi^Non
Sectarian Anti Nazi League. On June 30, 19U3, a H3RHAN HOFFKAN was Xlsted
as one of the honorary co-chairmen of the National Heception rocnaitt.ee
sponsoring a reception for Soviet Jewish delegates Lt. Colonel ITZEK , feFFER
and Professor SOL0M0l}\{lCHOSL3S, who visited the United States in Jul^bf
19U3- The reception was- held in the Polo Grounds.
4 HERMAN H0FR.1AN in 19hh was listed as one of the Vice-Chairmen on
the letterhead of theVrewish Council for Russian War Relief, Inc., which
functioned as part of the Russian War Relief. The Council- was active par-
ticularly in the IWO, which is on the Attorney General f s list. He acted as
chairman for the first session of the Third Annual. Conference of the Jewish
•Council for Russian War Relief. In the "Morning Freiheit" of November 16,
1?U5, it was reported that hundreds of prominent Americans gathered at the
Russian Consulate, New York City, on November 8, 19h5, on the 28th anni-
versary of the Russian Revolution. Among those was HERMAN K0FF11AN (not
otherwise identified).
fu)
Fron a confidential source in the Waldorf Astoria it was learned
that at the meeting sponsored by theSkllational Conference on the German
Problem :.!arch 16, 19u7, the name of ifeiAN H OF IVAN, President of the Criminal
and Civil Courts Bar Association, appeared on a letterhead as one of the
sponsors. Newspaper accounts, particularly PEELER'S column, had described
this conference as being held to support the Uorgenthau Plan for postwar
treatment of Germany. He claimed in his column of November 1, 19f>0, that
on the roster- of tne conference there wei"« six kno'/m Communists and thirty
fellow travelers. He rep- rted that JOHN JWaBT was one of the guests. There
were some forty-eight sponsors of the conference, according to the New York
files, a review of which list discloses that there were present a large
representation of known Communists, a good representation of liberals and a
minor representation of persons of unknown political viewpoints, as well as
a few anti-Communists. The invitations to the conference went out over the
signatures of Mrs. FRANKLIN D.^tOOSEVELT and EDGA^ycVVRER.
In 191*9 HOFRJAN was a member of theVAdvising Committee for the
Society for the Prevention of World War III, which is dominated and financed
by ISlDORlVlJPSCHUTZ who recently has been under attack by W2STBR00K PEGLER.
JRVtJB
( Atbsral Bureau of Invtttigp
Suited §tai*» Department wf fluetirr
SEW YORK, NEff YORK
HgTfwuT aim nntrrmrruL
November
Mr F. A- Twin
Mr. Ct««fi ■ .
Ur. GU«in .
Mr f<*rfH
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Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C.
REi THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY
INTERNAL SECURITY - C
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Dear Sirt
I am forwarding herewith one photostatic copy^of a report on THE
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY which was sponsored by THB^TNTERNATIONAl STUDENT
SERVICE which was held in Washington, D. C. from September 2nd to September 5th,
1942. It la to be noted that the first page is marked Strictly Confidential and
reveals the source that prepared this report,
I would also like to point out to the Bureau that the last para-
graph on Page 2 of the report itself makes ,the statement that there is to be a
second assembly and that the authors of this report intend to gather additional
data regarding the INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY, and that in order to avoid
blocking the valuable channels of information It was considered wise to make
this report confidential. ~/>v* ^ r- ~& <■ r r .
fix*
Fortheinforration of the Bureau this report was made availab le
to Special Agent Jjj^ ^ffiff^ ^E of this office
made
lat tMenreport^be kept ' absolutel y confidential
rurnished this report to" the Bureau
\ we cause oi we IVCt Uutt he T1KJ in reviewing it, that there appeared to be a
definite Comnunist trend which was carried j out through the entire assembly and
\\ that on this tesis^t^would be of^cycns^derable jralue to the Bureau.
COMBS DESTROYED —
copy^f^this report is b^i^^^^^^^rj^/
Office. In the event any additional information is received by the New York
Office concerning THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY or the INTERNATIONAL SluDEKT
SERVICE, the same will be promptly forwarded to the Bureau.
's /~ * r^*A / *t- j » -it ^ >*
4 - VerV trujryours, l<}i/i' !>
OPY iH
Enclosure
V
?. E. FQXWORTH,
Assistant Director
(Or. firrlea It Director of Education for the Borough of VI 1 lee-
dan* At tecrntary of tho local Youth Committee, ha undertook
tha tank of initiating the mowtaent is tho borough* Ha le in
this country at th* invitation of the vol tad Statot Oovoroaent
to ooneult with educators and administrators. )
yor many yaore before tha war, groat interest had boon shown In youth
activities in Britain , but the national Touth lavement, aa eueh, da tee from the
beginning of tha ear* On Octobor 3, 1930, tha Board of Sducatlon and tha
Department of Education for Soot land assumed direct responsibility for the
welfare of young oeoola between tho aj;ns of 14 and 20* X £»tional Touth Coav-
mittae was set up to ndwise with tha two agencies. This was lunolemented in
June 1942 by a Touth Advisory Council, to advise on any ou"*tlon out to It by
the president of the Board of Education, and to act at a channel for convey ing
to him the views and problems of youth today, and to offer suggestion; on the
action taken*
the Board of aiucation in Britain functions through tho Local Iducation
Authorities, There are 313 Sducatlon Authorltiet In Britain, all of which
control eletsentary oducation in their araas, and 346 of whir: oontrc? higher
•ducatlon, both In their own aroac and in the areas of thoHe .juthoritioa for
elementary education only within their borders*- Tho Authorities for highor
education ware aoked by the Board of Sducatlon to form louth J-esBittses, with
certain specif i- dutlen, ^ch Comal t tee wa»to contist cf acne ooabers cf tho
present committee togethor with representative of employers of later, trade
unions, teachoro, the churchon, magistrates of tno Juvenile Court, Juvenile
and probation offices, and other offices concorned with tho administration of
serwlcos connected with youth. This Committee general ly moot* once a month,
has Its own subcommittees, and reports regularly to tho Bdueatior. Oormlttoe
of the Bducatlon Authority. The Touth Committee has its own treasurer and its
own secretary, the Utter very often the Chief Zducntion Officor for tho area,
tha function of the Touth Committee are as follows:
(1) lb stimulate local interest and public opinion about all ouos-
tions affecting the welfare of young people, and to ensure that at
far as posoible they have every opportunity of becoming hoalthy,
happy and useful cl tit ens*
(2) To ascertain the noods of young ooople, to survey and record
how far theso noede are boing mot by existing org* Ixations,
to strongthen existing activities, to suggest the line upon
which new work should be undertaken , and to assist in ita
devolo|Aontft
(more)
'-'.tu'u ")orilrpg youth Program*
\ ?S T lATiOD
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(?) To bring nil local organl wit Ion r formed for the pur no ro
of wolf are work araonr»t young tkiodI* into touch with **eh
ether and with tho local statutory authorities, so ** to
s*curo mutual help and avoid rvnr lapping and waste of
effort.
(4) Jo obtain, colleet nnd wive ;.)oney nrd tun'.* by of
contributions, sub sex lotions* g mr'a of irf iM*»s and to
receive gifts of proprr'.y of or.;/ d^nrrlp*. !on for or towards
the objects of tho Coranitteo, or a;iy of then.
Only those clubs or section of clubs whleu cnt/»r for the n >ods of young
peopl« between tho ages of 14 and 20 years are eligibln for nf filiation to
tho Youth Oonmlttea and clubs must be oroperly constituted, h' vlnf officers
and a ceanltteo of nonaganont, and the names and Mdr^cr-n with dat «s of birth
of all members oust bo submit tod .with tho fom of onjlicntioa. Once affiliated,
tho privileges aro consldernbl.V
Slrre 75 per cent of the youth of Britain b»t7/ocn 14 nnd 18 ore vrcrUl.v
full tlran, tho primary coneern of tho Youth Cocnittcce has b«m to foster the
recreational actlYitlos of thn youth of Or*at Britain. Sines the Education
Authorities in Britain are the city and county councils, th* rosourcos of th^oe
Authorities, such as schools, playing fields, spinning baths, tnnnis courts, dc,,
ar* placed at the disposal of youth, elthir f r »o or at a r"duc«d rnte. r* , .fll-
Itlec for crlckot, football, n^t ball, hockey, swirxii-v:, weok-onds in tho
country for young worker c, k^ep fit clnr.3^n, ditc»"tic3, r.nirlc-l activities,
dobttos, etc., aro provided by t:i" Con.iitt"o. Th* LfiCil 3ductlcr. Author! t i s
can sale* grm tc In old out of public funds for bet:, th • ^rovlr.len and th" nnin-
teno,nc« of youth fad liti >n, Including tho onyr. .it of l^ndorF, lnr.tructoro and
wardens, and tho crovloioning, hiring and ' i o> >-nin r ; nf nrt lo 's, Th^ro tno
grant lo made by the Local Zduc^tion Authority, 50 per cent is recoverable fron
the Bonrd of Siuc-ition. Should any youth orfcnrlaatior. not -lsh to b»icono
affiliated to tho local Youth Ooticlttio , It can rocoiv* its rrv.t direct from tho
Board of Education,
An Interesting dcvnlojci^nt recently bno b rt -jn th * « stabl i^v-vnt of y>uth
centers, where clubs can nief»t and carry o.\ thol*- activities. 5or.Pt In* s many
clubs o^ot In one rontor, \;ftilnt ir. others a ep.-rlal s«r.t ir io provided f^r an
tndl*id\*il club. Part, or ociotir.-.TO th" whole, of th-; coct of th" mUitT.inro
Is defrayed by tho Ciubt thanoolvoe. though tho Youth Cen.ilttp-i fr ?qu?ntly u*>to
any; deficit at the onu of tno year.
In December 1941, the G>veri«ont ordered tho cer.nulsary r" t ;intr^tior. of
all youth of 16 and V yoajr J '\,c. On r^l'-tr'tloa, th*v irr enlcd to fill
In certain partiaularr., in:lud* ng wh< thor tho;* * »ro raembor:: of a y»\:th organiza-
tion, and to give trn non.e c.f ;he orgvu «aiio:t# All tho fonar, ^ro sent fr^m the
Ministry of Labour jSt» h**.i.gou ♦n the scrrotnry of the local youth coTi«lttoo, who
verified from tho organixaUon th" fi< »a stated on tho forrcn. Ir. ti<* city
with which tho writ.o.- ij coono-tcr*, all tho youth "ho *>>rc not menbiTS of a youth
• rganlsatlon wore invltod to mcot tho .Tjori^oro of tho lor a l youth corsxal ttoo, who
(aoro)
/
i u'fc >>voipp B Touth programs
bv Svan Bridles
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for thU puxuoso dlvldod up Into sight panels which met on Saturday af tsraooas
in sight different parti ex the city, arvej with full info nation concerning
the local youth organisations* There wna n c ocapulsfea placad on tha youth
to Join any organization, out the member* dio^ursed the matter kindly with
thorn, found out what typa of organization nipmlod to than, and if thay ax-
praaaad a desire to Join nny or^mlialion t they roc-sivad a Istter of introduc-
tion to the secretary. A careful rem .'4 of ■". i~\> rvlsv «ns kopt by a
secretary with each panel, and tho eo-reta^* oS the or^ni-atJons notified the
Oeesnittee of new recruitment as a reoult of tha latter of introduction* As
a result of this procedure, at least SO per cent of the youth In the city
became member* of a racognisod *nd affiliated organisation, The oluba affilia-
ted to the local youth oonnitteo are of a very wide varloty. Indeed, variety
ie encouraged* In tha words of the Minloter of Labour, "Ihere le nothing to
etop the Trade Unions, Cooperative Sociotles, or the Independent Labour Party
from having youth movements if they *m t them* is want variety. We do not want
ell young people driven into one machine. Us cannot allow the youth of this
country to run »lld» "
The youth organisations can be briefly classified as follows I
(1) Purely local clubs and organisations, such as sports elubs,
church clubs, nlwni elubs, and industrial clubs (the latter formed
within the Industries taom3elvoB) t cooperative, trade union, polit-
ical, etc., clubs.
(2) Hntlonal organizations, all of whom havo locnl branchesi Touth
Service Corps, Soy Scouts, Girl Cuidoa f - Tiv* Boys' Brigade, T.U. CA#,
Y.T.C.A. , the Churdi 1/idc' Brigade, Tho Orlb* Triondly Socioty,
the Girls* Oulldry, the Girls: ufo Brigade, the Junior Red
Cross, St. John's A^bulanco Brigade, etc.
(3) Pro-corvice training and national eorvico organizations: theso
are tho Junior Training Corps (Arqy), Cadot Unite3 of the Home
Guard, Sea Cadet Corps, and tho Air Training Corps.
All tho abevn orgnr.i^tUriC pV particular attention tc tho physical
development and re^ror,t lorn* ^*v1 1 1 1 te z cf their unitp. Jymr.astics nro par-
ticipated in, and "11 k'nd» c' f 'm*-. t*t- 1 yed, Thuy take full advmtnge of
the f*alitios provM^t Vy the , ».:-.l youth .xmnittno in the Air Training
Corpus alone, 250,0^ V iy . a~c rur^^l^d, ill of whom -cot *«gcther on two
evenings a woak an- 1 fn^.-.Tv a Saturday afternoon or a Sunday morning.
mhl
12/13/43
H Ul SW IM ST U ll
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If. t THE IMTERM.VTIOa.Ui STUDEJT ;J5SEMHLY - GE2JER.VL DESCRIPTION.
*V' { U MEMBERSHIP*
A, THE DIRECTORATE j
It has air oady been stated that the I.S.A. was sponsored by the I.S.S. of
the United States. On the morning of the opening day of the International Student
Assembly, at its "organizing session", the directing committees of the Assembly
were set up. The first, and of primary importance, was the Presiding Committee,
which consisted of the chairman of each of the national delegations. Mrs, Pratt,
General Secretary of the I.S.S, in the United States beoame the chairman of this
committee and hence the chiof executive of the I.S./u The Chairman of the Presiding
sflan&ittee appointed the following coa?.ltteest Nominating, Steering, Credentials
and Drafting, Tno chairmen of the national delegations belonging to the Nominating
Committeo, were not members of the Steering Committee and vice versa, Mrs. Pratt
was ox-officio member of all committees.
Over, above and apart from this official directorate was an unofficial group
afc%v -
which exercised much of the actual control. This group consisted of Mrs. F. D.
Roosovolt, Joe Lash, Molly Yard and Mrs. Pratt.
MRS, ROOSEVELT'S interest in youth groups and in "young people" generally,
is well known. She was a strong supporter of Joe Lash and Molly Yard during the
turbulent days of the American Youth Congress and the American Student Union, de-
fending then against charges- of communisr. levelled against tliom by various organiza-
tions, newspapers and the House Committee investigating Un-American Activities,
The members of the observing staff of Pax Ronana arc of the opinion that Mrs.
w ft — — ¥ »H has a sincere interest in youth. She seems to be a humanitarian, using
her in fTuVncc~and- eminent position 'to further" vhaVsTio" considers, great youth movc-
menta~and gVoT humanitarian policies'. '"She herself "emphasized her responsibility
aa First Lady and as a citizen, to do "11 in her pov;cr for the social and intellectual
good of the people of this country end of the world. Undoubtedly, without her strong
persistent patronage, youth movements and organizations, such as the I.S.A. , would
4 ' - v
kardiy k-.v , reached their ;r cser.t si C r.if icar.co. -v-j.-stic <. .
.Hously c F h«aeral. Hrs. Roosevelt, however, has G ivcn the naii::.il ltd* nt and
Jrouth organizations in the U.S. in recent years a consider*.!.. decree »' iUty.
•tftBswlty and prominence. Her personal port ir. the ■• -;• -T' •"• M-1S
present thrcuchout all its sessions. She provided the facilities ,i th, -use
fer cercr.cr.ies. to which the dcle G atc= were invited, and honored S'.no of the-., such
as the British and Russia dele T .ate 5 , with actual accomodations ir. the Wiitc House
itself.
JCE LASH has been as* elated with student and youth novcncnts_ f or finest a ?
decade. He was one of the founders and later executive secretary of theJncKcan
Student Union and of the Aner icon Youth Congress. As pointed out earlier, he was
widely accused of cormunistic leaning and synpattos, but was staunchly defended by
Mrs. Roosevelt, who has repeatedly defended his integrity and loyalty to the
principles, of denocracy. Judging fron the personal observations of friends of both
Mrs. Roosevelt and Ur. Lash, there is apparently an extraordinary bond of friendship
between the two. Mrs. Roosevelt apparently is convinced of the sincerity and apos-
tolic character of Mr. Lash •* work onong the youth. Mr. Alan Booth, the secretary
of the British I.S.S., expressed the opinion that there is a possibility that Ur.
Lash does not confido conpletely In Mrs. Roosevelt. Ur. Booth sees the possibility
of sane deception on the port of Joe Lash. However, there is no objective evidence
that could bo gathered during the Assenbly or fron confidential sources to support
the contention that Joe Lash is at this tine cither in or affiliated with the
i
Connuniet Party.
MOLLY YARD has long boon associated with Joe Lash in student associations.
She shored with Joe the leadorship , in tho American Student Union and the African
Youth, Congress, and tho resulting acousations of eonr.unlst sympathies. She abandon*
the A*S.U.*aid the Ancrican Youth Congress at the sane tine and for tho sane reasons
advanood by Mr. Lash. She is on the staff of the United States comnittcc of the .
F^rm f-o. 1
?Ms c:\sc orifflnatci , Keg Ycrk, Neu Yor k
Report liacle at
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Date T.hun nacc i'er. for
v:hich nade
2-1-41
Title
1-25-27-23-41
American youth cojjgkess
( >
gUg itc. 115-20
Report ^adc by
JCB::
Character
i:;ter:^l security
(c)
Synopsis of i acts:
Thin report deals rith the origin cf the American-
Ycuth Conr/rcss, its sponsors, and loaders. In-
cluded arc reports cf the first Convention, and
the resulting split v;hich save it Corjiunist rarty
ccntrol cf the *»mtrican Youth Congress as wt knev;
it today. Principles, ain*s, purposes, and prcgra.-
as derived frcn the American Youth Conrress of-
ficial literature and files of Confidential In-
formant arc included. Officers and lc:;d;.rs f.r
varicus periods cf its existence arc discuse-.d.
nffiliatienc v.ith ether £rcups, especially Ce.: : -
r.unist, are treated apen. activities enraged
In, by the Youth Congress and confidential reports
oh them are included. '
P.
R£7£RLTCE:
DETAILS :
Bureau teletype 12-17-40.
j (f^fidcJitial Infer: .antUP of thc~Ghic&r~' i^ 1
t' il'-fl' tl * at hc has lir £ c I'iles which he vail rcvie\?
\* \y tc the Chicane Field Office in the near futtu
"'^{■l 1 Ycuth Cenpress. This inferr.aticn ".Till cover
.eld Ufi'icL, infcrr.s
md isakt available
future en the ^..erican
Ycuth Congress. This information ".Till cover a complete history
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Ccpi-cB of Tlds Ke-p-rt/J \i)
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4 - Chic-r;o | ^
1 - All rthur tijlc 1 . Offices
vHfhin continental U.:>.
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Comnur.ict League, District 13, Oct. 15,1935, on Page 14. viz:
"The second p-:int of the. plan deals vith our */ork in the
.j.icricon Y.-.uth C>naross» The ,.m.;ri?an Youth Congress is the
ftroetest acc Dnplishimnt of our .'xic-rican YCL . It enn be
the neons of unifying and dravdns into action the. maj-
ority of yuth in the United States. "•> held one vor* r cood
Congress in S nit hern California, r. fairly *;.)od congress in
Northern Ca"! if omia. .Our mr.in problem is to broaden the
C<->n';r.:ss out -^n a local scale, involve nany noro youth
orip.nizotionc in the -"irk, to bee in re chin,- the neuberehip
of 're.oniz^.ti^ns thot arc inthc congress "o.th tiv. program
end activiti . s rf the Congress, and involve -lore tr?.-03
unions* Shop vorkcrs to guarantee a vforkiiig cl~cs leader-
ship in th-3 Congress ...
• s . a natter if re;\.roncebr.ck?round as t- the origin of teis
Inati rial .'j.iericon Youth Congress novonent, reference is zid~ to the
COKfJNIST, published r.onthly by the C^.nunist Pr.rty U.S.. '.ipouo of
February, 1935 on'f'fcv 7x:-vclopnonts and Ncv/ Te.sk s in the U.^.-.
by :-rl\^rovrdo r (g t; ne."l secret ory of the omTT'T °/:-.TV U.S.;:.)
•-n T.:e 111, he states:
"Seme United Front Successes
^ -— . .
'V. unique oc u -i:ve:nent ef the youth unit ec. ."rent "iovr;.:cnt
v*a~ the building of rn anti-f osciet bloc inside the -uric an
icuth Con^r.ss, a-iich wrs called together by a certain
youn.^ von on naned Vi^li Unto v/ith the backing of Jirs.
: .k \Roosevclt« i«nne( Morgan, a half-dozen st-.to governors',
7v.;nbers of the Roosevelt cabinet, etc. rdth the purpose of
adopting a program for ^.merican youth v/hichv?.s distinctly
fascist in its tendencies.
(Note: This organization congress was held in
i<or York City, Auaist, 1934).
"To this Con Treses ci:n-; dele-sates of "11 varieties of
ymth orcaiii nations , including/ YMCA, 1 Y'-CA, / R- -y 5c out r ,
Girl S c out s , ['. c hurch youth or g an i z it i on s , I trade un ; on s ,
student organisations, thel Socialist ^oulh, the Y.C,L.
(Younfj Cor.aunist League), etc. representing a aenbe^ship of
1.7QQ.QQ. Th-; anti-fascist block in this Congress took
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PROMI.NLICT PEOPLE LISTLD ,.S DEEPLY II!TE3E£>TLD
Secretary of Corc.ijrcc - Daniel V,'.'i Roper ^
.Secretary cf Agriculture - Kcnry it. t Wallace *
Secretary cf Labor - Frances ^erkins^ .
Corj;u.ssicncr/C-f Labcr Statistics - Dr.! Lubir,
Ifr, ^ubrcyjkwilliams S Asst. Federal Emergency Relief Administrator
John . Lansdale * » " " Adi.iinistrator
John\Carncdy ^ " 11 » »
.fin. J. fPlunkcrt Transient Ccmissicncr . - (Tcck 7 art in ths
Confess;
of licv; Kanpshir*. - tc speak
cf Indiana
cf Arizona
cf ^laska .
of Florida
.iVrs. Franklin D. licosevclt
lar. Arthur Garfield iiayes tcck part in congress*
>.iiss *nne Korean
see a'jeve
Chamberlain cf Kerr York City, - Tcck part
in Crnrr\ ss
Gcvcrncr T.'inant
Geve rnor ; s.cNutt *"
Govcrncr uVourtrs w '
Governor fTrcy ~"
C-cverncr 'Shcltz ~'
Louis r Bro"»nloiv
Mr. a« A.jScrlCj Jr.
I'x. Charles Taussig
Chris tcpher, : ?.crley ^
krs. viurust DeX*aont
Prestcn Lavies
John . ?i 11 ^
i
lOtOO A.M
100—135-1^159
frftrval fturmu o? imuBtinalion
lltiil r?» ftiUra Drptirttitrnl of dustier
iHaghuin.f nu, <?. <JL
January- 2h, 19hh
MEMGHANDUM FOR D. ?\ I ADD
Re: Foreign Inspired Agitation^
Ancng the /j?ericin NerToec,
Detroit Field tffice
After dis cuisine with .Kr, Mumford the information con-
tained in Detroit's letter of January 1?, l?li!i, with reference
to V.rs. Roosevelt 1 s speech on January 26, I9W4, at the Ebcnezei
A«V.E . Church located in a colored neighbor hood in- Detr oit. SA
of the Letroit Office was called by SA ^H^H^ and adr_
the Bureau did not wish to have the Detroit Office de signat e
Agents to attend the talk as contemplated by that office. W// f rris
also informed that the Eureau desired to be furnished with the
identity of ti e informant who made the information available which
is set out in the letter of reference «
TeJe. Koom
Mr. Ncam>
Mi«i Beahm
Mi** G«ndy
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Major Oenerel George V, Strong M)*)t>!
Aaelatant Chief of Staff > 0-2
War Department
Waehington, D. 0.
Dear General Strongi / • • ■ ' / .
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I urn attaching n copy of a aaexjranrtufa which haa Juet been eutmitted
to the Attorney Central. You will note thatAhie memorandum cottceme an
unsolicited report froa a OOflfldentUl informant relative to a eohoduled
speaking ena*£-»ent of Mr*. Frnoklin Delnnc Uooa^valt at the Ebenoaar A* H. E.
Church lot;- tod *t Brush ana Wlllla Strom bo, I-otrolt, Michigan. It reported
that the appenrnnco of tha President's wife in Eetroit will be on JednaBdAy
evening, January **6, 1044.
Sincerely your a,
V
To| Mr. Frank J- Ifj'rji, Chief,
Secret £ervlre Division, Treasury lopart/. '*nt Date?
Fromtj. m^r Hoovor - r.irecter, r&ueral Bureau of Tnics Mention
Subject*
v.
The folJonjjv; lnfoiT.nt1.on ir fubaalttod In confj rant ion of that supplied
by tfr. J* K. Vumford of thi^ Pureau to t'r. Frenk J. ?;enr!*y. A? yo*i irV\ note,
this report conoeme a craekiii t < rn£ai;e-ient of v'.rr, rocsrv'ilt at the Fbenozer
A. V. V. Church, Brush a-u! "'illta Streets, Detroit, ''Uhi^Mi, on January 26,
In addition I.e. s.'if? f'jl Jowlr.^ iinnolieited repcrl of .■; *onf i.lenltftl in-
forr-s'it, the informant h«c ndvio^d t-i*»e is deep centum o*.i the part of . sora of
the cosr.it tee rrosocrs saklr<£ or ran. .snoot 5 for krr. House vd t : s talk laasF/Jsh a?
they f«3> a errJour olt»-itiun :'3'.;fit develop.
n "r:-. i.o^n6\«lt v:M \\ '.ry. 9 nccordin^ to the plans r.uw ecccpietc', at
the ^bonezer K* V., Cnuxcli. The nail rill not cold ail the people rrho
are e^pect^d io reck aihsif-cion. It js situated in ti«u heart of the district
w'^tne eerls-Ms rlotr occurs ed daring the race trouMe left ysar — tia IiOrL ,, -
wert corner of Willis rnd iirush "t roots.
"There will Tart;*? cruris nil 1 in-; around outside trying to gpt Jr..
T 1 * «~-c person is Jostled horn by on? of opposite rae*, n fi^.t 0.1'ri atari
•n.j (; 'i »i, ht t>e disastrous and undo nil the good that the varlour ini-pr-
racial con-ittecs have ascoaiplis-ieJ. V$ attention "fas lV.ej to ! :?e -?s>t*,or
V two reports by parties of entirely different group?, i,*> Triti
" ? i rs t f "by ^Ij5j|$^3|g£!i^ * . 1 o h» p V:" i?: v
tctlve In prosotin^ friendly relatlTO^mSsentho tm> moos. Me s^etr.
tith eolored representative pars j. is and coumitt«>05 cent it iv ally. Hip re f ariei
*ere sossewnai as folio* st
:;*ai r {oo6avelt atteo'kd the
urged tiat irTpr^ar hs)l t.*a en^ageo*; that she was
■uch displeased and dissstisfiod with tie arratjensnt*. ?J;e -ras Inferred v
thit t*he only large audi tor lira available vw) 1 be the Clyrapia but thst it
wo^ld take t3,0J0 to hold the mooting th»r£. i* " r \r, ru..*i^»tod t:*.^t the.*e/^
i/*.'V^-at Uie seetint: wlio trouiJ li.ka "to a*s.iet in raisin-.; tne aionry so JirJijati^ y
If he were ^iven the right to
^^jpj^^rofraiia he mi^ht. raise tne aonay. This did not Beet with approval.
:oa> appeal was cade nostly to the eolored Mprenentatlee?. The
—T^ras onsatlefactory. (Me nan sQld if he were ^iven the right to sell ths
t
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»IJfj-" — ^ f * Jul *eo^?lon a«s UtAt the Eb«n«zer A. V. K. Church would b* th« j>l«e#^yiJL
«>-«'rr ■•SpUiilwi Will <Jib« by t^ikft. '*
Hr. frank J. Wilson
fti^M said he did not think Mrs. noosevelt would speak there as
be beXaevedthat Wr*. Hall Roosevelt would advise against i^an^^etto^it
it would be e very v .ood thint; If ehe <Ud not speak there. (k'^^jl^J^^^B
Is auti-Rcoaevalt, en tl-»admlnlfl tra 1 1 ve 3 en ti- Jewish, but actlveTBonX^!!^
negroes end white people in promoting the doctrine of race control.
•The second report w«r» from an informant (who dons not want to be
quoted). She is an admirer of Mrc. hoosevelt and of the President. Her
desire to proaote haimony and understanding between the black and white
races is sincere and she has done a treat deal of work with this objective
in wind and la doing eo continually at present. She informed ne that ehe
hoped the location could be changed and that if it was not it would be
better if the meetly was called off. She say* the elite of the white
people interested in negro welfare will not go into that district. The
crowds will, to some extent, be composed of the irrespona iblo and the curi-
ous and the emotionally unstable tyyc of colored persons. She believes
that one fli;ht here might be the spark which could start a riot. She told
me that some members of the Inter- racial Committee were worried about the
situation. She believe* that the reraedy is to hold the meeting at the
Olywpia, if possible, or sojio largo auditorium out of that district. Ker
m sue J a u»o in Vie council decided thnt if this could not be accomplished ,
that it might help if more white poodle of the serious, sincere type could
be urge£ to come out an<l come early so that there would be a representative
gi-oup of both races, somewhat evenly distributed in numbers. They are,
therefore, distributing blocks of tickets wherever they are assured that t»ir»
tickets will he used and by pcoplo who would not resont beia^ pushed around
a lot or to having their tooa stepped on.
" r .ti<j fur trier stated taut the l^troit police were nut at*)" to cope
wLth the situation larjt tice and it is not known whether their training or
willingness has improved; that federal, troops in and outtide of the me o tine
place would isipicas J".o lawlessly incline J mere than the police as was
demonstrated during the riots; tint if 1'i-s. uoosevelt does epoak in that,
location, extraordinary p> £ cautions to pr event trouble should be taken.*'
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MEMORANDUM FOR V*. J,}
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I c r iHeJ f -r. Frank J. Kenney of the Secret 5ervi.ce and
rnid to hJr- th^ quoted, information contained in the attached copy
of a pierccmncwn to the Htorney General dated January 25th, rela-
♦ iv* to the, rooefclvto.^5 Jf ^d^ fl»r<t,, J*ao£ey*lt tonight at the
/ rbr.ner-er 'A. M. Church in retroit, Michigan, In ang»or to hie
inquiry, I inferred I't. Kenney th:.t the Detroit Office of the Secret
Service h:\c alco been furnished this information, Mr. Kenney requested
th*»t a c^i-y of thin material be furnished to the Secret Service in Kash
jnj'tcn /md I advised thnt tS.ir rculd be done.
T subre^uently contacted SA UjSsV* the Petroit Office with
T^y^rt'V.c-** to thiF irntt.'T and inctructeu tint the.v b*» cn the al»»rt for
any additional information concerning it. I told hiir thrt they should
ilefiniteJy st.iy ara^ fr<-»- the iv.e^tinp and h-ivM nothim* Hirt^Tver to
d;? rith it, T told hi? th-'t t v ron ) ^ 1 : contacts and rource-r: they should
f ; 'ic! cut »,h«t t.h^ fpelinfr if »h mi+ thi;; an'^^L "ny t/dnr co>.*.ee un, the
Fure«n mi^ui" b*> notified nt one*. T tpj j BjB tb it th? Pscret Ferv'ce
\n Varh'n^+on h*.r bren notified Hti-1 he stated "the Secret iv-rvice in Te-
+mit his 'Ire h? j n notified.
ft;
*i vired, ho v *cveT*, that ?>r. Roosevelt her re ner+ed that
the reei'*»t K*»TV1 r*» k»r r> V iV^m i.: m irp.-fin« n oil f.Urt V «»i n jjiv\» -fVrtni
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hpr; ih.:'. rhe dc^m't --ant trv- r?crot Service arov.nd at all
Pe^nectfully,
J* K- Mu-ford
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Urs. Franklin J>elano\Soosevelt
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Dear Mrs. Soosevelts . "
J 100* -shocked at the news of the
passing of the President this afternoon.
There is so little that one can say or do
at a tine such as this. Tou have not only
lost a good husband; the nation has lost one
of its greatest Presidents, the world its
foremost leader. %
Over.the years his personal interest
and his friendship have been a sustaining
t0 ** P er * onal *V, a** I find it most
difficult to comprehend the full significance
of his loss, which is irreparable.
If ever there is anything that I
can do personally or officially I hope you
will never hesitate to call upon me*
sympathy,
With expressions of my heartfelt
Sincerely yours,
v
Tolson
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COMMUNICTIONS SECTION
MAILED 14
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FBOML KJttAU Of INVESTKATHM
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row letter dated April 6, 1961, has been
received im the absence of k*r. Soever from the city and
I am taking the liberty of acknowledging ite receipt.
I mm enclosing some material which I know
Mr* Moooer mould want you to have.
Sincerely your*,
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Bo Ion r. Gaudy
Secretary
Director's Statement 3-26-51
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MOTE* Mew York Office has previously advised the Bureau
concerning the remarks made by Mrs* soosevelt.
Correspondent has written to the Director occasionally
in the past along personal lines. *hcrt, cordial
replies have been sent to her. (62 -SOS 19 J In v$sw of the
controversial nature of incoming it is believe* ' hat an in-absence
reply is preferable^ in this instance.
po-i-
• . Office of Director
uderal bureau of investigation
united states department of justice
/ April 6—
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***** Mr. Hoover-
Because I despise her so much
because she follows the party line
»o consistently I want you to know
what Eleanor Roosevelt said about
the men of the T, B. L on her radio
program April 4th--
"The F. B. L should raise the
type of person who works for it. "
"They are not always of the caliber
thai one would wish. M
Mr. Ntftte
Min Holmes
Milt Gandy
Get her, isn't she a pip?
COPY eff
Best wishes.
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CChristian Wationallst Crusade
SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:
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©•legation known as CITIZENS CONGRESS 10 HAL COMMITTEE, headed by*? D>
GERALD L. X. SMITH, was 1a Washington, D. C, appro xi (lately June 27,
1953, to July 2, 1953, engaged in contacting U. 3. Senators and
Representatives and furnishing them with literature advocating the
abolishing of the United Nations. This group apparently affiliated with
or a part of the Christian Nationalist* Crusade. A+- a meeting at Statler
Hstel, Washington, D. C, on evening of 7/2/53, SMITH in speech advocated
abolishing UN and halting immigration. SMITH stated Jewish organisations
are trying to "slip in" 240,000 immigrants to U.S.; stated that we hare
all the Russian Jews in thli country that we can handle now. Described
former President TRUMAN as a "little drunk" and stated that TRUMAN
fired MacARTHUR at night when TRUMAN had had too much brandy and was
under the pressure of the Anti-Defamation League and others* SMITH
praised Generals Mac ARTHUR and TAN FLEET, and stated that the American
people has a right to, know by whose authority a general of the American
army was ordered to lose a war and permit our sons to go te their deaths.
In discussing the appointment of ANNA ROSENBERG to post of Assistant
Secretary of Defense, SMITH stated that "we" had convinced the Senate
that she was a Communist, but that a letter from DWIGflT D. EISENHOWER
had advocated MRS. ROSENBERG'S appointment, and she was appointed.
SMITH praised STNGKAN RHSX; denounced EINSTEIN and MRS. ELEANOR
OSBVELT; also denounced forner President TRUMAN for getting us into
Korean War merely to prove he was against Communism. DR. WESLEY A.
, Lancaster, California, also spoke at same meeting, stating thai
we" testified before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration on
7/2/53. SWIET blamed the UN for putting U. 3. in Korean War and for
not allowing MacARTHUR to win it.
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aflTH stated that the delegation received a very fine statement
from Congressman HJHDICK. He stated that BURDICK is the one man in Congress
who has introduced a bill to take the United States out of the United Nations.
SMITH said that BURDICK was presented with a membership list of Congress, and
was asked to check off the names of those who were In agreement on his bill*
afllH said that the name* of 105 aen in the House of Representatives alone were
checked off by BURDICK. He added that BURDICK said that when he first intro-
duced the bill he was one of less than ten who favored it.
In discussing the views of Congressmen and Senators with regard to
abolishing the United Nations SMITH stated that the men who are right will vote
right* He pointed out, however, that there are others who will vote on a question
in a certain way because they have been "bought" or are voting that wa? in order
to return a favor to a collea & ue # In this connection 3JITH mentioned that there
is a certain percentage of men in Congress who have been very wise in judging
the winning side, and he told his audience in effect, Suppose I tell you that
the shrewdest opportunists in the Con 6 ress are for us in this campaign to
abolish the UN. 31ITH stated that a recent issue of "United Nations World*
reflected that according to its polls 80 per cent of the public is now against
UN, He added that the article stated that the leader of the campaign to abolish
the United Nations, which campaign has made its influence felt, is the Christian
Nationalist Crusade led by GERALD L. K, SlITH. A
SMITH discussed MRS. ELEANOI?SiOQSkVELT. He stated that in the past
she had ridiculed MARTIN DIES. SMITH stated that MRS. ROOSEVELT has been on
the wron* side of every public issue. He expressed the belief that MRS.
ROOSEVELT has done aore to encourage Communism in America than either EARL BROTOER
or T. Z. FOSTER. He stated that not much fe ood can be said about a woman who
will abuse (THITTAXER) CHAMBERS and impugn his inte fe Tlty after HISS has been
sentenced to the penitentiary.
SMITH expressed the opinion that we have all the Russian Jews in this
country that we can handle now. In connection with his discussion of Jews, he
referred to the atomic energy spies. He also stated that he would like to see
"Old Brother Einstein 1 run right out of the country. This statement was greeted
with applause. SMITH said tnat one of the Senators had taken DR. S^FT to the
judiciary committee to testify. SMITH also stated that a member of the judiciary
committee told him, SMITH, in Congress , that every Jewish organization in the
U.S. is
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Thereafter, 5KITH stated, there began a smooth campaign of faceUfcus .
remarks and criticism from such persons as !^UIVTBILDS, DRE**FEARS0N
and ELEANOR ROOSEVELT tending to question the integrity of Mc ARTHUR.
SMITH also stated that General VAN FLEET made a sensational
report stating that we could have won the war three tiaesi that we were
not allowed Munitions and were not allowed to win. 3*J1B stated that
the American people deserve to know by whose authority a general of
the American Army was ordered to lose a war and to pern It our sons to
go to d eath.
StfriH also discussed the appointment of AFWA ROSENBERG as
Assistant Secretary .of Defense. He stated that "we* had convinced
the Senate that ANKA^OSENBERQ was a Communist. He said that one
Senator nad said that\e did not dare open hia mouth in oposition tn
ANNA ROSEN Be HQ because if he did he would be accusec of anti-seiitisa , 3MITH
said that a letter fro* D WIGHT D. EISENHOWER was written recommending
that AKtIA RCSENBERG, who was referred to in the letter as a friend of
albfivHCWER be appointed to the oost of Assistant Secretary of Defense
and that subsequently X r a. ROSENBERG was apoointed to the post.
It was nnted that the above mentioned meeting at the Statler
Hotel apDeared to be breaking uo about 10»55 P. U. according to the
informant.
T-2 advised that it was his understanding that Dr. VESLEI
A. SWIFT and his wife left Washington, D.C. approximately July 4,
1953. T-2 stated that it was his under standi rig that GERALD L. K.
SMITH, his wife, and his secretary left Washington, D.C. on July 6,
1955. It was the inf^raant 1 * belief that the SOTHs were traveling
T-5, of known reliability, furnished four items of liter-
ature which he stated haa been distributed to various Congressmen
and Senators. One of these items is a four-page tract entitled
"Abolish the United Rations". This pamohlet indicates that it is dis-
tributed by the Citizens Congressional Committee to Abolish the United
Rations, which committee was formed at a conference in San Francisco,
California February 5 and 6, 1953. It is further described in the
T aeaphiet as an auxiliary of the Chris tian "Nationalist Crusade, a
national political ccnoittee. The address of the Christian Nationalist
Crusade is shown as P.O. Box 27895, Los Angeles 27, California. The
pamphlet sets forth twenty alleged reasons for abolishing the United
Watoons and continues as follows "to summarise* they have so exploited
and the fools among our stages -sen that in effect they have
made a successful act of treason against the Constitution, the flag,
tht Arued Forces, our tradition, our religion, our racial integrity,
our national and state sovereignty, our independence, and our Christian
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CONFERENCE TO WASHINGTON 6 AND NEW TOKKM^KWI l*H I UAfarV jSft 1 J ffy
IRECTOR AND SAC, NEW YORK U R G C;N J T^
ELSE s QoMMUN 1 ST PO L IT l-CAL ASSO C (ATI ON, PI 3TR t CT EIGHT. CHI CMd'MeU)
DIVISION. INTERNAL 8ECURITY C . ^CONF I KNT I JNJ^RMANT
IVISED THAT DISTRICT COMMITTEE MET AT THE MIDLAND HOTEL ON
JUNE TENTH IN AN ALL DAY DISCUSSION OF DU CLOS ARTICLE AND RECENT RESO-
LUTION OF THE NATIONAL BOARD. DISTRICT EIGHT PRESIDENT MORRI^CHILDS
OPENED MEETING WITH A TWO HOUR REPORT ON HIS INTERPRETATION OF DiS- /
TION. CHI LBS CASTIGATED PRESS AND MRS
wni i ■ Jkj horn
CUSS IONS OF NATIONAL BOARD RE DU CLOS CRITI^SM AND .ADOPT I ON OF RE SOL U- V
i Choose velt for saying that v
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CPA POLICY IS NOT BASED ON NEEDS OF PEOPLE BUT ON OUTSIDE MMBMMRK
INFLUENCES. CHILDS ADMITS IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT CPA POLICY ERROR WAS ^
NOT DISCOVERED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS BEFORE DU CLOS CRITICISM. CRISES AT ^
SF CONFERENCE ON COLONIES, POLAND, TRIESTE, ARGENTINA
AND
PUNISHMENT OF WAR CRIMINALS SHOW FAILURE OF BROWDERS REVISIONIST MARXl^
POLICY IN COLLABORATION WITH CAPITAL; COMMUNISTS WORKED VERY HARD IN C
I AQT
inuTCCW fcJANTkia WIT ITVPM SO THFV DFPARTFD FROM MARXIAN
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CONCEPTION, BUT IN LAST SIX WEEKS THEY HAVE NOTED CERTAIN THINGS WERE 3
WRONG; NO ADVISORY ORGAN I Z AT I ON AT SF CONFERENCE OPPOSED SEATING OFj/ g
ARGENTINA; NOW EVEN BLIND CAN SEE MISTAKE IN KPAjfTURt FROtf W&CT /J * J
DU CLOS HAS AIDED THEM TO SEE CERTAIN THiNGS WHICfl;^ |{^P CLEAR
BEFORE; CHILDS FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF NATIONAL BOAR
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sport made at
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/JEAUOKALIST PARTY OF PUERTO RICO
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Report made "by
Character of case .
SEDITION
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IKT3KNAL SECURITY - K
SYNOPSIS 0± FACTS:
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General part;' activities Bet forth. JUAB ATTOSTIO
CORBET JER and CLEKEKTE SOTO VELEZ removed from
Party. PEDRO AI3IZU CAliPOS closed Bronx Junta,
hut recently re-opened undsr new name and under
leadership of CORRSTJER. Harlen Ashram sympa-
thetic with nationalist Party; picketed British
Embassy in New York City and demanded independence
for India and Puerto Rico, Change of officers
reported along with criminal activities. Pro-
bationers in Kew York City and party propaganda,
set ou^.
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nspqn 01 »?pec;i»i
12/H/43 at Hew York Ci
Report of Special .Agent
2/7/44 at San Juan, PuerTo
ated
"DETAILS*
An ptterapt is beinc; made to set forth in"* chrono-
logical order the principal events occurring in
the nationalist Party of Puerto Rico in Kevi Yor'c
City from Hovenber 1943 through liarch, 1944. There
will be of necessity, however, some deviation
thereof, for information has recently cone to the
attention of this office that pre-dates periods
set forth.
roved &
orwarded:
I
Special Agent
in charge;
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"uoans to oblige, in spite of the bias of popular prcssuro, the United Statos
tfovcrnaent to guarantee tho life and liberty of Albizu Cmipos. 2?o one but
a profossionnl politicastcr, a petty thief or charlatan could think that he
•»ont to -orison for privthing but to froo his country. If he is a^ain in-
prisoned, it will be the nest absurod, tho nost nauseating crinr connittcd
by world iriperialisn. n
Confidential Info man t T-l rr»de available a copy of Pueblos
Hi span o s dated April 10 , 1 943 , di.r e c ted to V TCSiJTS l .01 3.\ TOO TO i liLAIJO
Universidad Obrcra dc iicxico, iicxico, D.F. There ib contained therein, on
pages 1 and 12, entitled "Lo Que Dice 21 Pueblo" 0"hat the People Spy), an
article, which states thrt the jSankhcads, the Tydings in Congress, the
Bcrlo, and the 3ulli in the Dcp rrtnort of State are trying to organize the
forces of oppression and hate tovards all ideas of liberty and progress in
this country like a natio af 1 reparation ag^i .isfc '„bo big assault v;hich the
world— w id o co ns c rvr t i a u \j an s" i o np k c i .1 the jt o s t -;.-a r aga i n s t >, : ;e S o vi c t
Union, the generalized ideas o: *hc four liberties, rnd -very novenent of
national li>u«'*;y. The any is '.aught to attach tickets :f labr-rors in the
doors of factjries.
Schools arc opened for future snail fuehrers who can convince
the U.S. people how good it would bo to live under a government run en-
tirely by generals, according to the writer.
Confidential Infornant T-l_
nation dated .April 17, 1943, ■ fronl
_fcho following infoi—
i!
rega
•oines, and Latin America.
gives expression to his aspira-
the Tutu rcT of Puerto Hico, the Black Er.ce, the Philip-
Anong other things, he says:
"....I havo carried out nore than a hundred radio festivals
dedicated to our Puerto Hico. In the press, in ny private correspondence,
everywhere, ny slogan: Puerto Rico, free Republic of Puerto Hico. Ancrica
will be free if Puerto 3iico if free. And in order not to frighten tnoso
who are always afraid, I have r located what i.rs. 7. D. itOOSHYZLT said to the
Congress of Ancrican Youth: nanely that if Puerto ?.ico is fro 3, she 'rnows
tnat Latin Anorica will h*. v * rvon nore arii cable eyes for the United States
of JETrSP.SOi: and of K~i T JlY VALLACU. n
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FtormNo. 1
THIS CASE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
at TOHXKOrOH, D. C.
FILE NO. 100-8878
a;
HPOMT MAOS AT OATS WHCM MADS
• msmHOKw, Ds c # 8/20/45
HRIOO FOR
WHICH MAbS
8/17,18,20/45
JtSROST MADS »Y
rcRdON inspire^ iiaimcw amonq American
1B0BQES IK THE WLSHINGTOH FIELD DIVISION
CHARACTER Or CASS
ZNTSRNAL SEGUHUI
SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:
Current derelopnente set forth regarding
foreign Inspired Agitation eaeong the American
Stgroes in the Washington Field Diriaion*
- F -
BKFSRENCKt
DETAILS t
(Bareau File #100-03554
Report of Special Agent
dated July 20, 1945 at Was
A^ KsSHIMOTON. D. C<
, Do C #
This report sunaariaas current dsvelopaents In regards
to Foreign Inspired Agitation anong American *egroes In the Washington
71*14 fit vision for the period of July 20, 1945 through August 20, 1945*
Fi^idfiin
, ^qaumnsr political associatioBi
the IferylanriUOistrict of ColintoU Conainiat Political Association
held a Convention in Baltimore, Maryland on July 22, 1945o Approxi-
aately 100 persons attended the ConrenUon, which was called to order /
-*4«r*^ by AIJBOT^lllNOlL Be read a statement drawn up on the lines of the
I . FORWVA WDCOj
DO HOT WRITE IN THESE SFAC.F S
I
> * ' j
TIPO #100-0878
+
The V«ashinston Industrial-- Tmion Council has become affiliated T&th
the Citizens Comcit tee; Against Segregation And lie creation. Its activity
in connection with the' program of the CCA5H is set out later in this report.
\j?'A?lOKAL COIf J.TTSi: T<» A330LISII THEfoOIX TAX
Confidential Informant Tj? provided this office with a copy of the
first issue of the oublication^Jbear Senator 11 which is a ~.?eekXy publication
of the National Committee To Abolish The Poll Tax. According to the
statement in the publication, it lias been established for no other purpose
than to "present reasonably, honostly and without rancor arguments in
support of p?ssa,;:e of H.H. 7, Ihe Federal Anti-Poll Tax Bill". A statement*
appeared elsevz-iere in the publication that the NCAPi 1 believed that a simple,
legislative prohibition of the imposition of a poll tax as a prerequisite
of voting is practicable, desirable and within the constitutional porars
of the Federal Congress.
It was stated in the publication that sponsors of the !!CAP? includo
a wide variety of religious, intellectual labor anc^political leaders such
as ..TLTIAJT nO^iX^Tl-'i^ HARKY iM&SOtr&SDICK, DR/<[JRA2n>^^3IEIi:, PEAK
v/u-MafCijiKN, .rLVjmP^wM, patiwelijOgS, fhtlii^r^ay, lasHcy g. m/wisx
<feliA3l, KlS^m?3K7Jil ji^OOpMLTj Father JOIN aX^AIJ, K13. !\ IS^jfflUX,
utm CIIATCIEJCJ^iIAS, A. ^CrfTITNEI and OH. J. TIYlzjtfrSlSm.
3 * An article appeared in the Washington Afro-American for July 28, 1945
- in which it was stated thaVjE^JKING^foiHYy 'Chairman of the KCJjET, had that
week sent letters to leaders of the^&enate Judiciary Committee urging immediate
and "feasible action" on the bill for abolition of the poll tax. It was
stated th* t members of the NCAPT stressed the need for writing members of
the Judiciary committee as well as the members of the sub-committee which
was then studying the bill. It was also noted that officials of the KCAFT
pointed out that the bill should reach the floor quickly thus lessening
the danger of its being blocked by a filibuster since the majority of the
senators had become irked at the filibustering senators who tied v.p the
war agencies appropriation bill.
An article appeared in the v;asMnffton-5r:?:bune for Ju3y 28, 1945 which
stated in substance that Senator CMUD&sjgPPtft of Florid was to* lead the
noil tax battle in the Senate." In the art*tcle, Mrs. KATH1XE»<^YV X ,
Executive Secretary of the NCAPT, was quoted as saying "Thoughtful Senate
Office i
• UNITED _ 3 GOVERNMENT
TO
director, FBI Attentions Assistant
'7
Qy h 'J *SM, J(Ie.. York
sua»<
Pi rent or L. B. KICHOIl^ ^
,CT;. * t*<
0/"/-' DKFENSB INFCiift&liT
. '»
DATE: 3/16/48
) i
*V ' Heferenc* is m*de to the telephonic 'oenrenation between Assistant
# Director L. B. Nichols and A3AC AJjebaont of this office on March 13th*
/^cgjcerninr a diary VrB^re^^WffXjl^^^^^.^^d^nt^l Informant
f'?C5H^ n '" BCCUred froBij^Pg^S^T The ir.forma v : on in this diary ~i 8
*' J^uoLpsed to be alone
*'.^tne*^lnf r rraant. ^
■ J
.«*.• of that^previously furnished this office by
V
£ if
This diary has been reviewed by this Oi - lce * nd check# » a ar ainst
^the reports formerly submitted by the informant, ann --though the woVdinpr
**"" contained in thie diary is not identical with that contai.^J j n
^eiriously mentioned reports, it is substantially the s»m<5* ^t appc&rs
that^^HPsidy have typed up this diary from perusing copies oi v^g re , ort8
,?hich he may have retained. This is merely a supposition.
v- ' T — , * « Mfi^fittni*, -j .
\ A wioto^tatic copy of this diary has been ma.le and bein^ iV-, '
4 th^^areoufor its information. The original diary is beirV.
" Wle^SS^^ today. Vo copy is beinp maintained in the He* Yon
should be noted that this dja;y only goes up tc June 1945. v'her*ar»
• \i submitted rerorta to this office subsenuent to that date and ifa.
discont: r.c « n infr-M&nt until sometime later.
„. enclosure
i 61-370
©ua~«m. M- ^ "f"*""-'
4. •
V —
Monday, Julyl, 1940 ,
,- told of attending meeting with Eleanor Rooseve
• guest, 'held to raise funds for 1 the Youth Congress convening in wis
" * consin. Suggested to Mrs. Roosevelt to use her influence with Harvey
Gibson, Director of World's Fair, so this committee could use fair^
7 " grounds for a function to raise money. Mrs. Roosevelt replied "I cafl
\. see the look on Harvey Gibson's face if I asked him". But she^ promise
to contact a very good friend of here' and Will arrange it that way.
said the women at this meeting" sympathized with Mrs. Roose
velt for having a husband such as Franklin D. Roosevelt; 'that since eh
>e~- : ls so liberal in her ways and views, they cehnoi beip but ? take S£*o
their hearts; ' \-
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FED
Bureau of invw ^ion
KO.1
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HBKMTT MADE AT j DAT* WHD«
NE* TORK F J B 2 1951
mioo rem which maoc
9/20/50 - 10/31/5C
MKMTMAMIY
TTTLM
c
UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL - OBiSf^
CHUACTIR OP CAM
3STERHAL SECUHITT - B
synopsis or facts*
/
DETAILS:
The information herein, unless otherwise indicated
mis made available by Confidential Informant T-l,
of known reliability • The report includes only
■aterial pertinent to this investigation.
COPY IN FILE
corn or thia its
2> Bureau (62-77737-2^; \ '
i - Washington Field (For flifofl ^ . "
3-Ke.Tork ^ ^
7'
do not mint m thus wea
t" JL.-r
^cranes."- •
MOPEITY Of fBI-THtS COHFIOCHTIAL UfO«T AHO 1T» C0»Tt»Tl AIE LOAMD TO YOt^f.
AGENCY ^WjnOUflAttOw »j « AP .a ^ f fir~t •
o"6Wl 3 1951
— n » »*- ' pr -
INDEXED - 91
tot
fRETJTAIlO AK HOT TO *E DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE Of
1 •
NT 100-92701
had an appointment wi
ranted to know if a white
envelope from the delegation had reached then yet* When told that it had,
was satisfied*
an acoointaent
who was f c
Tork City.
members of the Soviet Consulate in Ifew
October 26, 19 gO
ntial Informant T-l advised thai
accepted the invitation ^to the reception on
J was interested in finding an article published in the
■Russky Golos* on May ijth on BATCH'S speech.
October 27, 1950
Confidential Informant T-l adviseTriha^^^^^^^^^^ of
the Protocal Section of the UN Secretariat would, along" wit If his wife, attend
the November 1st reception.
In unidentified man con tacted
invitations and asked her to send one
Mm 3. Kis3ion«
who was handling
and addressed to the
'indicated that a Roumanian was supposed to have
brought a film to the delegation at 10:00 ill on this date. ^ ;j ^
Urs7 TRkH^lH ^U^^S^ms accepted an invitation ttr*"*** 1
November 1st*
Office Nler, ' andum • united Oes government
d. l:. ladd
DATE: January 9, 1948
Mr. Tel son
w. t. *. rsar
». ««s* :
ir. cunn -
id-, uae
IT. MleABTi
If. Hon n
tr. trtcy— — ~
ir. otrtoit
*. tUg^ i " —
IV. HMTbO
requested by le
above-ca ptioned
reflects that
:er all information in Bureau
}ect. It is noted that th*
now
on December 31, 1947,
es concerning the
. Pwrntnfrtor.
A review of Bureau files reflects that subject first came to the
Bureau 1 s attent ion on September 7 > 1939 > w hen the Attor ney Gener al advised *ir.
E. A. Tamra that B^^^^S^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^SP
suggested aba caoine^neetiii^ Tna^a^iscre e^ch^
and op erations of the subject, VP at. this time, advised that _
'was apparently a friend of Urs. Eleanor/Roosevelt and was very well
lown to a large number of nrominent people,
/ Investigation of subject by the v 7ashingtonF^^5^Los Angeles and New
York Divisions between 1939 and 1946 has reflected J^^^^^^to be somewhat of
adventuress and opportunist, giving somewhat exaggerated claims as to her
/ hifh connections in military and manufacturing circles in order to pronote
Ltimely projects. There is no mention of any subversive activity on the psrt
of sub ject , however it is noted that the report of Special Agent _
fleets that subject
Attached will be found a blind memorandum covering subjects activities
as reflected in Bureau files. If no objection is raise^ythelnternal Security
Section, said memorandum will be released to CIA as per(BS^^§5XW request.
RfcCOiJLlJDATION : It is recommended this memorandum with the attached^
blind memorandum be forwarded to the Internal Security Section. If no objection
is raised, the blind memorandum should be returned to the Liaison Section for
release to CIA.
37 »» %\ \m
FEDERAL BOREAU^OE 1NV
^^^-^v-^^^^^^.v „ : v. :V- '*'
iATl (
•YNOFSi* OF FACTS*
--v - B*r # ^HlUr E. KEtlSH fleeted e^lri»ff^^^^$Mi
^eSgr^^?3- Executive Ilroc tor • Prof eaeor KE».f ^ z ^^?
S^hi^/ KvATf FiJWtSIlD, Secretary and freiSwerV-*
b&gSK 5r».AWH&v OTUM.Wtt.wd mild' M^if,
^■'-•'*rf^$Sf'-=S fice-Chairaen* * xHLGDOES BA*H£ eav
^ «.r..' r 7 ^y fv'te-pl^ et !UTIOt»aL COWCIJ, as ndiainis^^,^^. ^
- *l*'-tp«U^* e*cr*tary., TOAEF diapiJt^d ^th'-;>^r£^
^fr^'- ^^^ C jfj ow oeabersMp ef A!3HICiP WHXtT^&^t^jm
lS&T5ET*a 5S-3?T V fcrssiAK PJ8LXSF* DlcieMion
/V^v^^V^:; PCiSP employees settled at wetlnc
r:A^V^ .X*r '.""V. •'• attended jy AZZZa^^ TiOCEt^J^^fS^C^S^
r r7s ^'- forced reeignttiona obtained iro» eaTera^-^**""
^■■•^^''.^i^s^lf^es^Be^to financial dif ricultiea*j:Jj| >
£™ * 0r P 680 *** All speakers at rally
'•^f flE criticise 4 Tf» 5% fprel^-n policy^ ^^* J *^g2-^>--^&
! vV^, taU« j&X >>riooi^l function* of TCiBt^P?;. >|
^ ^ 1 JfI:-W*-*ag
JkCxMRO ' *rf
NT 100-7518
CQQgTTEE CF rCMBW
Confidential Informant T-l advised that on
and'
con Te _
During these conTorencesJ' tncy - discussed tne
organization ox a to men's radio committeo to listen to radio broadcasts for -
remarks that are against the Scviot Union* This committee is also to send
letters of criticism to the sponsor and radio station, pointing out such remarks ^
when discovered. ' . ; ' -
This informant also advised at this time that there were 80 women
engaged in that activity. In addition, according to this informant, members "
of the National Council in their capacity as indivioXials and not as members of
this organization, are supporting a campaign of criticism against the sponsors
and radio station broadcasting the comments of LISA SERGlOypro-Soviet woman
radio commentator. Her contract was reported to have seen cancelled shortly
before these conferences took place.
In addition, these individuals were also to support TLLIAI* S. OAHAfCR ;
on the occasion of his radio contract cancellation with station ^JZ, NowTork, ''y :r ■
The informant also advised thatmoetings were being held with GAILMCR and SERGIO
to obtain their advice in the r <>mcn r s Committee new program of monitoring radio **"* r '*^
broadcasts, " v *
On March 6, 19^6, Confidential Informant T-l reported to this office that
the
Women's Committee of the national Council have arranged for a presentation
to the ^nti-Fascist ^tomen's. Commit teg in Moscow of greetings on the occasion
of ''"foment International Day on March 7, 1946, Presentatitn of these greetings, -
according to this informant, will be given by IHXIAN HELLHAN, playwright,
at a reception at the Russian Consulate, New York City, on March 7, 194&« Mrs*.
JBANKLlN D, ROOSEVELT Is reported by this informant to bo* one of the signers " ^
of these greetings. However^ she has declined r & invitation, to make the
presentation speech* .. -w^-' . -'^ ^"^>«^7 - -^^•^«* a '<' "^rt^s^r ?*. f *^*rr-^?3!
^V,-r^ch February It? 194*; ttte ' ^
numbers of in<Hvi<»ials who are known to be the leaders of the ^omen's Committee
cf the National Council, These are as follows i
smnpo) wp^af c/piW
Doctor I20NA BAU?$ARDNER, "orth ^D7W v * ^ -.-i**-'**^-
Mrs, MARIAN BASSET?, University ir^^^^^^^^i^:
JWCj.MRG v
' 1 75945
NY 100-7518
According tc this article, KissHELUtAN stated that "we dedicate
ourselves anew to the furtherance of friendship and peace among the women of
all countries." «!rs. MIKHAIL GOUSSEV, wife of the President of JLM7CRQ TRADING
CORPORATION, accepted a message of greeting frcm the American worwi . «mong
the prominent American women signing these greetings ^ere, Mrs. ITlGhT EISENHO'tRl
Mrs. HENRY A. "TOLj^CE, Mrs. J. BCRDEN HjiRRIMAN, Representative HB1SN GAHAGAM y I
mJGLAS, H^TES, Mrs. SRAimJN 0. P.OOSEVLKT, and Miss EATHRXNB LSNROOT^ J j
Jfuriel ERAIER, Chairman of the Committee of "..'omen of the National
Council, was the presiding officer at this social affair#
;o take
Aether
Ca rlarch 22, 1946,
in a conference with]
a position as
she will rcmaj
In thii
th<|
in whi<
other si<
is a reference to
to be set up by agents _ of~tho
s bcli
mtial Informant T-l advised thatj
id vised that she was undccidoi
there is nothing
oes not initiate «
sod of a conference between j _
advised that they were pressing^ ner very
r eference to the * other sido" r
which is reported
Uniow
T-7 reported to this office
receivod New Year's
Anti-Fascist Committee*
ort<
7
f
t _
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Litten, K*rl F^iner
r erl«l *9. 1333
Nationality*
*orni -r-MDrr rso, 190A - Konl^eberg, G*r»*njr
IntTo: t*«1 'ereong :
AiVLott* Lotb a fcvergenev h««eut Convlttee, 1?H feet
^nd n treat, »e* tfor* Cit/;
A/ /- lott » H«an»«rpohl#g, Me* York (no further pdCre. •)$
^r^r"Tthufj i*»*Ur # 600 P*rX Ave., Kev Xo»* Ol^jr ;
-»Tf ./EodaevVtlt, 7h*. *!iit« Hou*e.
K' rl ■*-* incr 1-1 t£*n.
Int*rt*ted per*jn* li«v* provided the 1 following
lnfornttiun ^/icrming ;ir. Litten:
He hp# been »n «etor botn *>n the Xegltlarte *tr$e
-nd In the fila*. In 1M4 he fled from 3rr»«ny teO'-J.e
>er**n «uthorlti»»i dltoovered thet he wrr the brother of
. l ->nf J-ittcin, «- lewyer enO. personal en :b/ of Hi tier ovinfc
to e li^vrruiv in ^bich Hitler v*r Involved, * <o w*e put
into p concentration Oeftp, vht^r* he £ie£« ii* motnrr
i« ir*^*rrt Mttrn, vfco lrc tores, broader *t«, -no vrttee
•-bout hrr experience* in tfrti Gerrrrnjr. Hie rnc mother
ton^Pr. _Kelnt Litton,., fled fro« Gtr*pr\j in V>ZB vfcen
th«y were ihftfrWd timt The Oeatrpo intended to i»j:ri*on
Helm in orrter to prevent Fr*. Mtten 1 * epre'dinp. cf
rntl-tf* f\ pror*(T*n£is. U<n% *nt r theater producer
•n* urny of hir production* >erc *nti-Wezi. '*e *lco
wcrii^i vix i * ri . >;tttn in oppoAln*' ***** »*ti**e.
v-r'. f«:n.r Litton r^.lst*re<i in J-ly
^r»». ^oo»evrlt *h<wn *-n interest in t?*e c»*e *nfl
.V i rrnlt«4 tfr* . J.lttcnV tcok ■Bejcnd ieer,** wnlcui
HlveU^-t^ thr •rirlt of f->ri Grifli»ny. M6 ~
eii.ili Utten, K*rl H #
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Form No. 1
This Case Originated at
Report Made At
PITTSBURGH, PA.
PHILADELPHIA
TV — "*
Date When
2/7/U2
mm
Period For
Which Made'
j l/U,S-8,
TiUe
(22-U*,19-22,26-
( 29,31 ; 2/5/2*2
s: et a"
File No. 100-179k
Report Made
Character Of Case
REGISTRATION ACT
ESPIONAGE - G
ETERNAL SECURITY - G
SYNOPSIS CF FACTS?
* .r
■ (
mm ^^^^ jbtained from
^SrtlT^ng tc the/Kyffhaeuser
t. Erie, Pa., and ^.formation *thereinset
out , Tur.ds collected in Erie transmitted tO'-'BB^fr
_ .liladelphia, Pa. by Post Office Honey
'Ordex » - Receipts covering sa^e obtained. Identities
of persons rending packages tc JerJirn war prisoners
in "an id a set cut.
REFERENCES*
- F -
Repr ... •:, of opeei^l Agent
?a., rated S'epr3.jber 23, T
Repo?'t of .Special A gen*,' _
Pa., dated September 21, 19U1.
it Philadelphia,
at Pittsburgh,
COPIES DESTROYKB
ft APR 13 1961
DETAILS:
Letter from Bureau to Pittsburgh Field Division (97-1038),
dated October 20, 191*1 •
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Reference letter, dated October 20, lplil, requested that
— - thB investigation being reported in this case be confined _
to ascertaining the Kyffhaeuser Bund's activities with regard to the collection
of funds and materials which are shipped to foreign countries. Reference report,
dated September 21, 191*1, sets forth the general activities of the 3und unit in
Brie . Pa. * : - ' *■ r "'
■ ' -- a r j *■..
* A . " -"" In accordance with Bureau Instructions^ to endeavor to .
obtain the records 'of the Kyffhaeusejr Bund, nhich Organization wayMlie?ed
\1 iii activities inimical to the best interests of the VnfysS 3tate$, 7 T "* ? *
3
->
u_2L ^" ; .j£aa:2X
ies Of Thi* Report^ %
- Bureau - ..: \ -■ "*V i
^?iN FlcE
l^mtsbtrgh
help those Germans tho are r.pplying for citizenship in the United States to
file their papers correctly aid "through which means **e do not miss the
opportunity to impress upon them that although they are becoming American
citizens they nre of German descent and as citizens here, t hey c an be of great
help to the German homeland, but only in a cultural way". ^j^-ientions that
several instances have arisen rh*T3 the fcerm?.n Front Soldnten wanted to join
in parades rath the LLmericjin Legion but/ that certain Je^rs made such a clamor
thrt tha Gorman Front Sold -> ten did not join the parv.de. He also states th^t
on account of the Jjws in T^rie, the German radio hour has been discontinued.
He points out that a nezk before this letter ves rritten, a parade Tras planned
and Then objection *7as raised to the German Front Sold?ten displaying the
present day German imperial flag, the Uajor of 'the «raericon Legion stated that
in s uch an event, the American Legion men rrould not enter the parade either.
IH^^statDd that he thanked the M-jor for his feelings and assured th3 Major
oi the highest esteem on the part of the Gcrjan-mindedCorrades, states
"The Js-rs in this way made fools of the Americans". JJ^cntinues by commenting
upon the contacts of Sirs •/.ROOSEVELT i\d her affiliations rdth Jewish persons,
of prominence. In this Setter ,^|^ expresses anti-Semctic feelings regarding
such prominent speakers as TON^SSd GERHJ*DT fesEGETl, and EKILILIJB^^-
In the paragraph regarding the 4 ,; -stion of displaying national fllgs,^P states
"Even though we became citizens, to be sure only because of mcral compulaon,
we are not permitted to fly the flag of another nation." To overcome this
situation, requests advice as to their being able to use tho Kyffhaeuser
fl*g lis that flog does not have the Swastika on it, and for this reason T7ould
not cause so much comment and yet their group would be flying a German flag*
He further risks GOERING if one of the so-called "Cultural Attacheas" being sent
out by Germany was coming to 3rie, Pa.j and, if so, what his name was, so that
he could en tor into on alliance iith him. He continues his letter by mentionin g
the fact th:.t he is endeavoring to become a ^ ^ ~ ~ "
SSffiKSWSSS^ Mention is also made in the concluding portion" of the letter
^^^^^^arty^Tas being organized to proceed to Germany for the Tannenberg
celebration in 1939 (concerning whichiConfidential Informant C-33 states that
a person making this trip would therfbyT>c pledging his" "allegiance to Germany)
at which time "Pe^will J»aye the honor to personally learn to know our Leader,.
Mr, jiDOLPH HITL2H, and you, Mr. Prime. Minis terV and ot her C omrades/ who have ~ "3
helped to make tree the German Umpire 9 our Homeland"/ flP concluded his letter^
by apologizing for the fact that he was not a Nazi Party member which was due
to his not having received enough information regarding the true aims of the
Party at the time he was approached in Germany, He closes the letter with
RRG:1B
65-3137
Director, FBI
Dear Sir:
Jfirdrral Bureau of litursttnatfoti
19nttr2> States Orpartmrnt of 3Ui»tirc
New York, New York
April 21, 1943
Re: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMS
I am transmitting herewith the following
in formation r eported by/Confidential Informant^ ^0
Memorandum dated
fan
n% memoranda reflecting
relative to the activities
to a conversation between ■ J
i. ( :••
Yes.
i'he t?*zis said that while T?ashington had the accurate figure on
American naval losses and they wore being kept from the German
people, Mrs, Roosevelt was divulging them to her personal friends,
I see*
This may be a lot of Nasi propaganda hot wash (ph.)
It probably is*
Probably is and-a, all right, will you call me before or —
Well, I'll unless something intervenes now, unless I get called
Into another conference today, I'm certain I'll be finished and up
at your place by half past 11.
All right, sir, I'll be expecting you and I'll have several things
ready for you. Bye-bye.
All right, fine,
Did you try to call him any more Saturday?
Wo, I did not. Yes, I mean at the office only twice more.
What, in the morning?
Well, in the afternoon.
Well, he wasn't here in the
Well, I couldn't even raise
Ura-huh.
So, what the hell, I've got a million and one things for you and the
others 1 got a German short wave broadcast last night on
alleged American Navy lenses where the. guy said that while the Navy
is keeping them from the public, Mrsy^COSEVELT is telling detailed
figures to her intimate friends.
— (indistinct) Well, I don't know*
Also have a couple of other things— —•If obtained a copy of that
Turkish pamphlet; got the background of/FOSTER (ph.) from a collection
of documents written by th e Dir ector of the German Government Archives.
Found that FOSTER, of whom thinks so much and about whom I told
you that he was brilliant and that he was a marvelous guy but should be
treated carefully, I found the documents in this 1918 to 1922 stuff
from the German Government Archives that FOSTER was tied up with a
bunch of Communists at tha^t^pe.
Do you know whether is yfl ^ coming up there today?
Nobody told me.
What I want to know is he coing to come up there and pick up the
stuff?
Nobody told me. Look, you got the last envelope I gave him?
Yeah, he came in, oh, shortly after I talked to you.
Yeah, you got a nice 11-page report on that meeting Friday night.
Te«h.
European underground? That's typed up and ready.
Yeah.
What else can a guy do over a week "end if he doesn't want to go nuts
thinking?
That's right.
don't mind it.
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Re:- I'ijtli:^ at rarlem' ;> Z'ublio Library
Be:- Krc Ruo:;evelt criticised
61040
rriiny, Jan. 8, 1943.
I attended a meetl) 3 at the Hurlera 1 s Public Library tc niffct, at ( ,vhich ?
let of orltlcism v.i-3 (iircctot at, 1'rs. Roosevelt, for he endorsement of
the article written by, the Tlecro, :/arren Brown , Ph. D. in the current ii::;'
oi the 3at. revie.v of literture and the Readers Nicest, in which he p^t
ed the Hefcro Pres3 and, Rev. AdaM Vowel 1 in particular, for the Btirrin
of ?.ane hatred and unrest arnonr the Nefcroes.
-Song the Breakers /.ere, !'r. Kc. Gill 3d it or of tha passes" rrof. All
\l ocJce-ITeero — of Eo. ard University. The meetin£ was in charge of the, '
Tr-mistj. lira. IoiU3e/|'c. Ronald, Chlch^tfatkins'Learnord ^Harper, .an 3 <
well I:nown Reds wore present; and some of them spoke» J)r. /Roddick, in
chvrro of the Xibrary a Negro — was the chairman. There is an articl
in tho current isi.'.ns, of the T'asses, written by, Roddick. He is associ
Ada-o Jewell and the Conrmmlst j?arty, in all their activities. He is »c
nic pes! tic:, in tha Iib^:.i*v, to spread the Rod, dotrine. The bocJ-'s 41-
in the lobby of the Xibrary are, all, about Russia and the Great power
the Oor.munist. All the Kejtincs of Powell's Red organizations are. ad
tlzed in thelobby of this library. Ke contributes to othjr Red, public
Scions. Dote:- Detail report of f ollow. V* 0~l3<4T~ 3jt ~ 7?
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ttnittd #tat*« department of luetir*
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Director, FBI
January 12, 1< 43
RE:
Mr. A. i.r£n
Mr. n<HW.. .
Mi. <:i«*ln
Mr. Lidd
Mr. M.-b«I«
Mr. !i
Mr. Tr«-y
M'. Chi Ma
Mr. C».T-y
Tlr. I tendon
Kr.«a>«r
Mr. McOuhe .... ..
Mr. dMimTann
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FOREIGN-INSPIRED AGITATION AMONG
AMERICAN NEGROES IN NEW YORK FIELD
DIVISION;
INTERNAL SECURITY
Dear Sir:
En closed i s the original and one copy of a report of Confidential
Informant ^^tf dated January 8, 1943, wherein he sets forth information
as a result of his attending the meeting of a review of literature at the
Harlem Public library on January 8, 1943*
Informant reports that criticism was directed at Mrs. Roosevelt for
her endorsement of an article written by a Negro, WARREN jfeRO'aN , in the cur-
rent issue of thel Saturday Review of Literature and thejHeader's Digest, in
which he attacked* the Negro press for stirring up race natred and unrest
among the Negroes. Informant listed the number of persons present whom
he knows to be Communis^ and he believes that the meeting was Communistic-
ally influenced.
It is apparent that, although the Communists are loyal to the Allied
cause in an effort to obtain a victory for Russia, they are quick to attack
any person or group of persons criticizing the Negroes, an action which is
in furtherance of their attempt to gain a large membership among the Negro
population in the Communist Party.
Two copies of the above mentioned report are being retained in the
files of the New York Field Division.
Very truly yours,
Enclosure (2)
C.C. NY 65-8295
P. E. FOXffORTH
Assistant Director
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TITLE
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24-47
CHARACTER OT CAM
2RTBINAL SKORITT - R
SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:
Contacts of subject as reported Iqt
informant set out. Background information
of subject's contacts est out. Newspaper
comments and also comments of subject
regarding h«r appearance before the Houss
District Committee as result of her speech
at Western High School set out.
References
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Report of
Letter to Bureau
Letter to Bureau dated 8-18-47
feted 7-30-47
7-17-47
Details i AT WASKUfOTOH, D. C.I
the following information was obtained from Confidential
Informant T-l.
FPU W> AROEO
JMCMAME
(5> Bureau
7- Washington Field
COPIES DESTROYED.
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she
as
'contacted
last night
ilng followed
told her that
ause her lawyer said that
as long as the trial
On July 17
did not come ov
careful when she appeared before the District lomnJLltee,
word might lead to — After all. hadn't she read what*
they did to the 16 people T^fRefer ring to the^Ioint An ti-Fa scist
R efugee Committee case.) Jsaid she would c
and they could then arrangewnere to meet.
she ted done the right thing* ^| |£warned
iaturday
found
to bother
would get
I s^ j^ y^^Lhat they had
andf ^ife need not
B Tuesday
successful trip and agreed that they
returned*
On July 19t
hearing before the Ci
and tjm^^iey knew all about (
than | Pmffl^bout herselJ
considered Ran interaatio |1
they had tried to frighten J| %
they were very courteous*
[M fcow they came out at
I that
a^tee
kedi
id that they had quizzed ^
background— better, in facl
aid he thought the^nrobably
spy, orsome thing. M Bsked if
and Jpjaid they hac&V^Lnd that
On July 25 1 M ma( ^ e arrangements to take
to Triton Beach. The^TnencfiBffissed briefly a speech made by
in which she aDDaren^bypoke somewhat disparagingly of
Communist Russia. | |reiiiark«dt "Oh, well, it couldn't have
been too bad^astijeDaper said she also criticized the American
people.". | pontlnuedt "You know, it's funny how so many
people, like MrsT R OOSEV ELT, .who a few years ago wouldn't think of
saying a word in criticism of Communism, are now speaking up against
it. They want to make sure they are on the right side."
On Ji
that
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SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:
REFERENCE i
WPHOVED AND
FOKWARDCO:
K t Y F I 0 U R E
Subject continues to act In his capecltyjl M of
the Corouniat Movement lnfl^ ^Hehas
frequent contacts with CommimisioTHcialsand farty
member a, collecta money for "Dally Worker " and "Work-
er" subscriptions and takes active interest In trade
onion matters. Informants advlae subject took part In
recent State Convention of Communiat Party, NY, and he
vaa not elected as s»nber of State Committee.
fleets he continues to maintain address in Brooklyn*
Additional infer mat ion concerning subject as contained
in NT files set out.
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Report of i
New York.
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______ _ ..... _ with aliases , is considered
• Key Figure in Communist activities in the New York
field Division.
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An article appeared in the April 30, 1945 issue of "Nowaday", a
^ daily newspaper published in Nassau County, New York, which was apparent-
ly written by the subject of this ease. Inasmuch as subject admits in
\ ; - this article that he is the President of the C01ITONIST POLITICAL ASS0CI-
A*«T/Mf f*M**L+wm 4 »Mj 4 m k>4 KM ItH* 4 m 4 + B M»4 a m 1 MfB .
^ "COUNTY
IRRITANT
From our Hail Box
■Says "I.J. • a Phoney
" nwyo vu wi w .k , A vim wmiin I p v a w^.^u^w«_l *vs» >-» v —
elation of Nassau County, of which I am president, I
want to brand as a clumsy fraud the letter appearing
in your column signed by '.J.,* describing himself as
a Communist. This letter was obviously written by some-
one with a fascist mentality for the purpose of creating
mischief. It misrepresents us entirely, as our views
are the exact opposite of those expressed by this phony.
l_ BIT T A *4*>aL. 4>kn \U AA~\ «. .1... A M a m.
We, on the other hand, are advocates of unity between
labor, middle class and big business. We are for col-
laboration between classes because that is the only way
this country is going to solve the immese postwar prob-
i » lews ahead, in a progressive manner. Fights between
claeses, as 'I, J. 1 suggests, will only laad to national
disruption and chaos.
A. V. ' AO^STOW MOT PW4.V M>« W1DV liq^WUHVf 6iV
'v, is a Communist member. This is an old fascist trick to
' V discredit the Roosevelts. That stuff is pap for morons.
It is hardly likely that people of intelligence will
fall for the 'old red bogey' any longer*
"Finally, »I.J. f says he is a Russian and in this
country for 10 years. This is a too, too 'clever* way
t of creating the impression that all Communists are Rus~
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"tolls we welcome foreign-born Americano Into our
ranks, just as any other organisation would do, the fact
is that the orerwhelwing Majority of our member* and lead-
•re are na tire-bom Americans, in fact, we hare been out
on Long Island sines 1852— which is six or eeren years be-
fore the Republican Party was born, fe have always striT-
•n to help create a better America for the mass of the
people.
JOHN LAVTN."
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INTERNAL SECURITY ACT OF 1950 v "
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Headquarters ot^SCBF, Inc, located Room *0* f 822 Perdido St
New Orleans. Bank balance as of 5-4-56 was *3#8#.91.\J*«
principal activity continues to be publication of "Thj^Bouthern w
Patriot," in which it has expressed interest in the elimination v
of segregation in eduoation and transportation. Chronological
summary or SCJSF acciVi^ies lortn, avar wi vpy »0 ww*w**#«w*>
of forum on integration in schools of Louisiana, 12-15-551 served
as project coordinator of petition to Senate Subcommittee on^ ,j j
Constitutional Rights urtflns investigation of infringement of '
Federal rights of citizens in Mississippi; distributed poll on *
integration and health, Orleans Parish School Board denied use
of McMain l^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^>n Integration 3-20-50
Rabouln^^ Wrectors,
members or Advisory and Medical Advisory Committees se v ,*orv..«
Forum on integration discussed at CP meeting, New Orleans, during
March, 1956, and leader of CP instructed that CP members should
become active in forum, » S^L* ** Z *'
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SBS PJ
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16 MAY 11 1956.
h by Hm rBI.*nd n*\
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n*d te,y«i by th« FBI,*n3 rwHhtr ft ndf^tttrvtonto ar* to t» dlrtrtt>ut^©ut*d«th«a«»ncyte*
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no 100-759
DETAILS t AT MM ORLEANS, L0PI3IANA
I. ORGANIZATION, SCOPE, AMP OENERAL ACTIVITIES
A. Organization
1. Headquarters
On May 4, 1956,
personally observed that the Sou
Fund, Incorporated (SCEP), con
Perdldo Street, New Orleans,
same date in the office
m W Wi
at the < headquarters
iucationa
404, 822
was observed
of the SCEP.
"The Southern Patriot," official organ of the
SCEP, in the April, 1956, Issue listed the editorial and execu-
tive offices of the SCEP as Room 404, 822 Perdldo Street, New
Orleans 12, Louisiana, The Of floe of Publication of "The South-
ern Patriot" Is listed in this issue as 150 Tenth Avenue North,
Nashville, Tennessee.
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B, Scope of Activities
Confidential Informant T-2, who has furnished relia-
ble information in the past, made available Issues of "The South-
em Patriot" for the months of December, 1955, and January,
February, Maroh and April of 1956, which refleot that the scope /A
of the activities of the SCEP continues to be the publication of {HJ
"The Southern Patriot,"
The January, 1956, issue, Volume 14, No. 1* page 1,
oolumn 1, oarried an artlole entitled "The SCEPt 19*5-56, A
Brief History, A Proud Record," which set forth a chronologioal
summary of SCEP projects over the past ten years which Is set
forth as follows t
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to xoo-759 \ . ' s ,.;-v. -s^.-^.r
••rcepcnsiblo for msdeeds of a oosnwnit*, *» PE42 wX ifl-
if tSr«# supported by old tradition., ftwh it the '
with discrimination. Ivory W^**&J*2S ^
creteful to you for touring united to fight thin avil that
w greviously injur*! the dignity and roputa of our toon try.
Xlyby spreading eduoation among all of our people can wo
approaoh tho ldoala of democracy*
•'Tour fight it not easy, but la tha end, you will
awooeed*'
■ Zb Deeeafcer, tho SCOT addressed an appeal to Ooy-
amor JOHK 3. BATTLE of Virginia, asking alemenoy for tho
•Martinsville Savon, • tha seven Wegro youth* who wara »ub-
•equcntly executed for raping a white wona*. It was points
out that in 13 Southarn states during the period 1938-48*
eixty-eight par oent of thot o exeouted for mrder were
5«roi 92 par cent of thosa oxaoutad for rapa were Hegro*
Tot/according to 19*0 census figures, negroes aadjr up only
tl.i por oant of tho population in those states. On that
basis it was urged that 'Judicial bias and undue severity
toward tha Negro defendant night reasonably ba deduced.'
"Braving tha ooldsst weather aver recorded in South
Carolina, 125 Southerners made a pilgrimage to the Charles-
toVhoma'of federal Judxc J. WATIKS WARIHO. WRING'S f ton
aetlon had ended the white primary in South »
and his wife also spoke out against discrimination, despite
tremendous pressure •
"SOT President AUBRBT WILLIAMS presented the Jurist
with a citation which saldi Jit has boon seen that J»*7
another, in your plaoa, has found it possible, t
obdurate prejudices and customs, to avoid tha fuidanca or .
tha noblest guarantees of our Constitution* Tour own
•ouragaawnt oth«ra htTt bowd to, h*» b**M •xrapUrr <,,,.
ka&rtwaralng. 1 .
•1951
fA^rteepMea by «h« 3CBF honors* KadttjJTLJAXl.
SISbxt, AaUMidor of 3M* i JtoxJBUJS8J3L&*
XSJS, and Mrs. MART NO UOTjSMSOTH.
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"fli* oelebrated photo study 1 Children In America'
by MARION FALfX was booked for a year-long tour of
libraries, schools and art faiierita in tho south.
"After the brut*} Christmas benb*sleyina of a *AAO?
loader harry t* hoom in ?}ori&», o imp of fifty out-
standing FloriiUni dtwwded that Qovamop TOUR WAWW
convene a eonferenos to atudy en4 iwprova human rolaUona
in tho Stato, Tho ICSF nmd if i«r«taria* for tho
group •
"1951
"A girl student, Mil ODXLW ttCWtti at Our Udy
of tho Lake Colitis in Ian Antonio won tha |100 first
prise offered by the 10X9 for the beet edlterUl on segre-
gation to appear in a student newspaper.
"Of Ml* administrators polled! 711 replied.
Favoring segregation of Negro patients were *79J integra-
tion was booked by 187. Seventy-six suggested the ereotion
of separate hospitals for Negroes, The rest either did
not answer the question or gave other answers.
Southern states, 5*750 replies were received. Of these,
64 per oent booked segregation of patients j 17 par cent
integration j 11 per oent the ereotion of separate hospitals
for the raoes. However, 71 par oent approved admission of
Negroes to medical societies. Sixty-three per oent gave
outright sanction to admission of Negro doctors to hospital
staffs, and 1* per oent voted a qualified approval.
designed and illustrated by the famous American artist
BEN SKAHN, presented the SCEF ease studies of hospital
discrimination and exoluslon. The booklet was written by
the Southern journalist ALFRED MAUND and 35*000 ooples
distributed, Mrs. P. P. ROOSBVBW devoted her oolumn
<My Day 1 for Oot, 17 to a dlsoussloa of the work, declaring!
•It is suoh organisations as tho SCSP that will really bring
about tho ohanges all of us hope for— not only in tho South
mi* wu-vti|nvu« wiv www w«-/ , 8
March 2, 19l$
Dear Mr. Hoover:
I have been carrying on a one-woman campaign, trying
to keep people from talking about minorities — feeling so completely
that in a Democracy it is the majority that governs, and that a
lot of people — some innocently; others not so innocently, are
stirring up so much trouble that it can only lead to chaos, and I
believe actual war.
I realize that you have no control over politics, -
and of course a lot of it is that.
/ But, when our lives are boin.-j endangered; ou-
countnn/bcing ruined, is there no one who can quiet ICrs-^rRoosevclt,
Fcar3*»uck, Bessi^JCeatty or ryTadio Station '.'/.U .K., the Herald-
Tribifhe, to mention only a few? 1
If this is not in your "department," perhaps you
will be good enough to tell me to whom I can turn?
I don't represent any or janisatioft. The.se are
my personal views. Perhaps I have even under-es&dma£ed the condi-
tions as they appear to ic .
J> > Mr, J. Edgar Hoover, Head
Federal Bureau of Investigation
faohintton, RECORDS!; &. INDEXED |4Al7 A?^" ^
' 81 MAR n IP45
D.C.
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v Tour letter dated March 28, 1947, is acknowledged. I want
you tp knew that . I appreciate the Interest that you hare exhibited m
writing to me as you did. It is good to know that you so st^nnly
support my recent remarks to the Hpu*e of Representatives Corrraittee
on tfn-Anerican Activities.
♦k In t 000 ** 11 " /our request, I am glad to furnish you
the •ddreos of our Detroit field Office which is located at 906 Federal
Ifl ^V^^XVii ****** 1 taow that you will feel free to con-
tact the Detroit Office whenever you hare information which you feel
■ay be of value in the handling of the matters which you have discussed.
Sincerely you:
. John Edgar L'oover
Director
f •_. SUCTION
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March 26,1947.
Hon.J.Fdgnr Hoover,
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Cent, of Just.1 ce,
w*s*Mncton,D.C.
Honored Sir:- On January 17,1P47 I wrote you something about the
oOTrrruniPt* in America and the danger this country is in, and no
doubt you ar" aware of the flame.
T, like many other loyal American countrymen, have been ereatly in
favor of the drastic and quick action you and your agents, along
with other high federal officials have taken against the communists
in the United States. The headline in a recent daily home oaoer,
"Kobcow Radio Hits. U.f>. Drive on Reds," is the true evidence that rhat .
is being done had a great effect on the high officials of the Soviet
organization in Moscow.
Il.c communist chiofs of red Russia are very much like a flock of
human vultures hovering over the nations of the eastern hemisphere
awaiting the hour when what io left of the economic structure cf all
nations will collapse, then they will swoop down cn the starved,
helpless, war-stricken people and force them under the iron hand cf
a communist dictator; worse yet, put all tho people in the eastern
world in slavery, like 14,000,000 Rueoianc that are now confined in
prisons, slaves behind barbed wire fences. This horrifying condition
in more terrible than that of Devil's Island, France* a prison colony *
which existed in l?f? # Today wearein*r eat need of more men like ..
that Salvation Army officer, ^^^^^^^^ Z***^
Put all the trouble is not ever 'there,' we have plenty hftr^at home,
and Rome dark days ahead. The worst struggle is yet to come. The
human vultures of the communist organization are hovering over tho
United State? anxiously waiting; for the final collapse of the Amer-
ican economic structure so they can bwoop down for the kill.
It is my strong conviction from what I have learned about the commun-
ists here in America that when you told the House Committee on Un-
American activities what you did about the communipts overthrowing
the United States government and fighting on the side of Russia if the
United States should become engaged in war wi^fc Russia, that you were
lOOf* correct. „ j J O £>
Not so long ago I heard a communist who Uvea* not far f ror^-jt his'^ci ty
t»uy, "u, why doesn't this country do more for Russia? * Fo f rj ££e com-
munist Is the only salvation for this country." t " 1
In 1P30, while I was still living in the Pacific northwest, I heard
the communists say they were planning to start firos in the lumbering
industries in Tacoma and Seattle, and that they intended to overthrow
our government.
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And that nlan'ls^ i1 fixed in their minds. ^erican socialism is
only a cloak the c. 1 comiumiats- are wearing. In my oplnion^Lafollette
of T'l scon pin is a^co^munlst leader, and Henry\t7allace, HaroiqX'Ickes,
Jam^a *\nd will ott^Roosevelt are quite likely some more, and a lante
rer cent of the American neople have suspected Mrs.. Franklin ■?aJ:ooBC,^._.
velt as a com-mfenist leader. £ /■" -A _J ^
Ho doubt' the chiofn of the Soviet organization have made the communist
spies and agents in this country an attractive offer. *ivin* them the
impression that when the communists take over they will all hold hiftb
Soviet oositionn in Moscow. Of course they would want to get out of
America when that happens. It looks as if Klliott Roosevelt and Henry
Wallace made arrangements with Joeof Stalin when they wore in Russia.
But let mo say this, if any nation is to rule the western and eastern
hemispheres, better it be the United States. For, by the way things
generally turn out this country has to furnish material and soldiers
and fight their ware for them, then bear all the expenses, and on ten
of it all, wo pay them for the great privilege of lotting us fi£.ht
their war3 for them. Isn't it so?
I, like many other Americans, am highly in favor of the move that
President Truman has made toward supporting Greece and Turkey in
stooping Russian agression. The officials of the Soviet organization
squealed like pigs caurjht in a fence over that, but let them squeal.
7ow ig the time to act, for if the real truth about capitalists and
d*»mocr9cy can "*>e nusbei through the iron wall of Russia to the Russian
T)*»or>lo, Vnat TouTd nr**vent a war between Russia and the United States,
in ttv opinion. T em not sure, and neither is anyone el3e, but some-
thing hai to >»e done and very noon. It is soinn; to be a dangerous and
hard jo^, ani lust in case I can be of some heln, I would like to know
the name of the snecial a*rent in Detroit.
I am of the opinion anything may hannen from no?' on, and we mu3t be loo>-
injr and listening. I believe tho industrial heads should nut all the
money needed behind whatever is fighting communism and fijrht until there
is no 3uch thin* as a communist. Communists and canitali3ts will never
get along in the same world any more than Gcd and the devil can live in
the same crunch. One or the other must die. And while the neonls of*
this nation are still fro© to act and talk we'd better get ffoinpr. V.'o
can and will win.
It may be that in some places I have said too much, and in other places,
not enough. The truth is that I am one of the worst enemies that* the
communists have.
This nation still has the upper hand, and if we go at it with all our
might we will win. And before it corac3 time for me to ascend the \ olden
Stairs, I want to see this country and other nations free from communis tc.
Yours very truly,
ce Mlembi l idum • united sf *s government
TO : DIRECTOR, IBI DATE: November 6, l&U
y\Si HOTTEL, SA&T^Wasfeinftton Field Division
•KM
~ &TION CONCERNING
"elLephonic
ATTENTION:
In a ccordance with telephonic instructions received from
HssmJMT on November 1*, l°Wi/the folIowin^Lnformation was obtained
concerning the above named individual and the Southern Education Founda-
$ tion, inc. (also known as th</ Southern Educational and Trust Company.) •
^ SOUTHERN EDUCATION FOUNDATION, IfC .
^ 726 Jackson Plac e, N» W* "
^ — « — — *
J The files of" the Washington Field Office contain no reference to
^ this organization. The recordi of Dun and Bradstreet, 235 Washington
Building contain e reference to this Foundation indicating that its preci-
* a dent is ARTHUR D.VWRIOHT, who is also associated vrith the Manufacturers
i-J rr« w ,«+ nAmr.atnr fiT Wen* Vnflr n.i+.V SkK TfflflSlirSr. These records reflect that
- the Foundation was incorporated under the laws of the state of New york
v . in 1937 as an educational institution having no capital stock* It was
-3 formulated to take over the administration of certain funds created for
* v > the purpose of uplifting and educating the negro race in this country* The
- records indicate there are thirty-five members of the Board of Directors,
all of whom are referred to as being prominent in educational and f inanci?.!
circumstances. President WRIGHT, on January 3, I9hh» stated that the funds
( \ of the Foundation were in the amount of over three million dollars. The
i Foundation is- given a good rating by Dun and Brad street*
in a pamphlet published by the Southern Education Foundation,
> <D entitled "The A. B. C. of the S. E* F» !l * it is stated that the Foundation
N is composed of four funds, all of which are used to Improve the educational
and living conditions of the negro race* The four funds are briefly
described as follows:
The Joh n F» Slater Fund , created on March h$ 1^82
througJTa gift of one million dollars by Slater of
Norwich, Connecticut - In leaving this fund, SLATER
'>!> indicated the wish that it be used in "providing a
1 1 ' christian education for the lately emancipated freed-
- ,i V j men and their successors » B a-* f ^ | 4te^T _ //* vZx
,; \\ The Gecrge^Feabody Fund / created by an indivi^^.^f . f *
n ilJL)J that name from the state of Massachusetts in 'the 'amount, •
1 a* as of June 30| of $3iO,72o«i*2. This fund is also ,u V
*S J.J' A l§9 NOV 12 1964
f>'J FIL
f
I
RE: JOHN CARF/.NTlR YiHITE
MIS. INK). CCWCJ-.HI*n
race with particular relation to rural schools in
the South*
The Anna Jeanes Fund , contributed in the amount
of one million dollars by this individual who resided
in Philadelphia in 1907 • The fund is also to be used
for the benefit of small schools for nc?roes in the
Southern States principally •
The Virginia' Randolph Fund , contributed by an in-
dividual of this name an3~amounting, as of June, I?li3>
to $26, 511 • 1° • This contribution was the results
of the joint contributions of Uf>0 Jeanes Teachers
and was raised for the purpose of expanding the use of
Jeanes Teachers in the Southern states*
This pamphlet further reflects that the Southern
Education Foundation, Inc* was incorporated under the
laws of the state of Hew York on June 1C, 1937 for
the purpose of administering the above described funds •
The objectives 01 the Foundation are stated to be
the cooperation with public and private school officials
and others in improving educational and living condi-
tions with special regard for the needs of the negro
race* The Treasurer of the Corporation is the Manufacturer
Trust company of New York City. There is an investment
Committee of four members composed of the President of
the Foundation, a second Vice-President - President of
the Chase National Bank, a Vice-President of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company and a partner in spencer—
Trask and Company, Investment Bankers*
The pamphlet describes the activities of the Foundation and they
appear to consist of improving educational conditions of negroes in the
Southern States* This is accomplished by having the Jeanes Teachers
teaching in the schools, through the medium of radio pro,7rams, publica-
tions, college and school grants and minister institutes for negroes*
Among the numerous prominent members of the Foundation is Hrs»
i'ltAiir.UK D. ROOSEVELT*
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